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title: "Daily Crossword Quickie – Tues, 8 July"
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canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/crossword/mini-crossword-8-july-2025/"
published: "2025-07-08T05:00:22"
updated: "2025-07-07T16:32:30"
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# Daily Crossword Quickie – Tues, 8 July

**Author:** John Whiffin
**Date:** 2025-06-30
**Difficulty:** Easy
**Type:** Quick

By Daily Maverick · Published 8 July 2025, 07:00 SAST · Updated 7 July 2025, 18:32 SAST

[Solve this crossword on Daily Maverick](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/crossword/mini-crossword-8-july-2025/)

## Across

- **A1.** Occurrence (5)
- **A6.** Person who prefers to be on their own (5)
- **A7.** Bishop's hat (5)
- **A8.** Give way or surrender (4)
- **A9.** That woman (3)

## Down

- **D1.** Deciduous tree of the Ulmus genus (3)
- **D2.** Faculty of speech or song (5)
- **D3.** Go in (5)
- **D4.** Person highly focused on some technical field (4)
- **D5.** Large woody vegetable organisms (5)