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title: "Daily Crossword Quickie – Tues, 7 Oct"
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
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author: "Daily Maverick"
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published: "2025-10-07T06:16:38"
updated: "2025-10-07T06:16:40"
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# Daily Crossword Quickie – Tues, 7 Oct

**Author:** John Whiffin
**Date:** 2025-09-29
**Difficulty:** Easy
**Type:** Quick

By Daily Maverick · Published 7 October 2025, 08:16 SAST · Updated 7 October 2025, 08:16 SAST

[Solve this crossword on Daily Maverick](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/crossword/mini-crossword-7-oct-2025/)

## Across

- **A1.** Drizzle fat or butter over meat during cooking (5)
- **A5.** Plaything (3)
- **A6.** Senseless (5)
- **A8.** Maize (4)
- **A9.** Leg joints (5)

## Down

- **D1.** Building block of baked clay (5)
- **D2.** Look (at) fixedly (5)
- **D3.** Metric ton (5)
- **D4.** Organ of vision (3)
- **D7.** Not (prefix) (3)