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title: "Daily Crossword Quickie – Mon, 5 May"
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published: "2025-05-05T05:00:02"
updated: "2025-05-05T00:20:44"
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# Daily Crossword Quickie – Mon, 5 May

**Author:** John Whiffin
**Date:** 2025-04-29
**Difficulty:** Easy
**Type:** Quick

By Daily Maverick · Published 5 May 2025, 07:00 SAST · Updated 5 May 2025, 02:20 SAST

[Solve this crossword on Daily Maverick](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/crossword/mini-crossword-5-may-2025/)

## Across

- **A1.** Begin (5)
- **A6.** Persuade with reasoning (5)
- **A7.** Tablets (5)
- **A8.** Writer of verse (4)
- **A9.** Hardly any (3)

## Down

- **D1.** Vital juice of plants (3)
- **D2.** Ruminant's stomach as food (5)
- **D3.** Shining, radiant (5)
- **D4.** Regulation (4)
- **D5.** Irritable (5)