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title: "Daily Crossword Quickie – Wed, 1 Oct"
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
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author: "Daily Maverick"
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canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/crossword/mini-crossword-1-oct-2025/"
published: "2025-10-01T05:00:34"
updated: "2025-10-01T03:49:09"
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# Daily Crossword Quickie – Wed, 1 Oct

**Author:** John Whiffin
**Date:** 2025-09-22
**Difficulty:** Easy
**Type:** Quick

By Daily Maverick · Published 1 October 2025, 07:00 SAST · Updated 1 October 2025, 05:49 SAST

[Solve this crossword on Daily Maverick](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/crossword/mini-crossword-1-oct-2025/)

## Across

- **A1.** Sound of water rushing onto the beach (5)
- **A5.** Fast-running rodent with large ears (4)
- **A6.** Cookers (5)
- **A8.** A Bantu-speaking people mostly in Limpopo province (5)

## Down

- **D1.** Push; jostle (5)
- **D2.** Ridge on the sea's surface (4)
- **D3.** Are not (abbr) (5)
- **D4.** Dispatch (4)
- **D7.** Tooth-bladed cutting tool (3)