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title: "Daily Crossword Quickie – Tues, 20 May"
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canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/crossword/mini-crossword-20-may-2025/"
published: "2025-05-20T05:00:56"
updated: "2025-05-19T23:11:33"
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# Daily Crossword Quickie – Tues, 20 May

**Author:** John Whiffin
**Date:** 2025-05-12
**Difficulty:** Easy
**Type:** Quick

By Daily Maverick · Published 20 May 2025, 07:00 SAST · Updated 20 May 2025, 01:11 SAST

[Solve this crossword on Daily Maverick](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/crossword/mini-crossword-20-may-2025/)

## Across

- **A1.** Single piece of work (4)
- **A5.** Many (prefix) (5)
- **A6.** Pungent bulb much used in cooking (5)
- **A7.** Cylinder on which thread, wire or film may be wound (4)
- **A8.** Sea eagle (4)

## Down

- **D1.** Person who adjusts musical instruments for pitch (5)
- **D2.** Foreign or extraterrestrial (5)
- **D3.** Took secretly without permission (5)
- **D4.** Affinity (3)
- **D5.** Extra (4)