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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, April 12, 2025 Constructed by Matthew Sewell 70 clues
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Across

  1. Firm wheel 3 ℓ
  2. Conjectural attempt 4 ℓ
  3. Spotted accidentally 5 ℓ
  4. Country music subgenre 13 ℓ
  5. Boastful crow 6 ℓ
  6. Out online 3 ℓ
  7. In great difficulty 15 ℓ
  8. Comes together 4 ℓ
  9. Whence gain without strain 10 ℓ
  10. Porky's __ Hunt (Bugs' debut) 4 ℓ
  11. Event in a tent 4 ℓ
  12. No longer in need 5 ℓ
  13. Stage organization 4 ℓ
  14. Ways of the world 5 ℓ
  15. Biodegrade 3 ℓ
  16. Justify 4 ℓ
  17. Caribbean country within a kingdom 5 ℓ
  18. Highly malleable 4 ℓ
  19. Course force 4 ℓ
  20. Frequent Great British Baking Show theme 10 ℓ
  21. Partial submissions 15 ℓ
  22. Student body 6 ℓ
  23. -wise cousin 3 ℓ
  24. Manifesto motif 13 ℓ
  25. Unbundled 3 ℓ
  26. Pakistan and China share it 4 ℓ
  27. Bloom with a Rembrandt variety 5 ℓ
  28. "NO PROB __" (beastly T-shirt phrase) 5 ℓ
  29. Declared long ago 5 ℓ
  30. Peripheral power sources 3 ℓ
  31. Small character in Oz 3 ℓ
  32. One of the first potato farmers 4 ℓ
  33. City south of Luxor 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Pen parts 5 ℓ
  2. They're no competition 4 ℓ
  3. Reminiscent of 4 ℓ
  4. Dim sum dumpling ingredient 4 ℓ
  5. Ascending with 8 ℓ
  6. Lake south of 40-Across 6 ℓ
  7. Stage decoration? 4 ℓ
  8. Organizer of Mandela's inauguration ceremony 4 ℓ
  9. A "Cradle of Civilization" 4 ℓ
  10. Support for those who can't stand writing 7 ℓ
  11. Tour for church music fans 10 ℓ
  12. Author who flunked out of the USMA 5 ℓ
  13. Out draw 6 ℓ
  14. Comparative ender 3 ℓ
  15. Streaming entertainment 5 ℓ
  16. Social graces, for instance 5 ℓ
  17. What some of the earliest Tupperware stored 5 ℓ
  18. Got a move on 4 ℓ
  19. "...and __! -- the World Wide Web": Tim Berners-Lee 4 ℓ
  20. No big band 4 ℓ
  21. Brain Health Resource Center creator 4 ℓ
  22. One of five for a nickel 4 ℓ
  23. Arabian Nights nabob 4 ℓ
  24. 2024 court retiree 5 ℓ
  25. Peacocks 6 ℓ
  26. Stop posting 3 ℓ
  27. Sweet fruit treat 10 ℓ
  28. Flight connection 5 ℓ
  29. Protagonist of French literature (in Guinness' longest novel) 5 ℓ
  30. Opera singer title character of Italian opera 5 ℓ
  31. Not dissimilar from 4 ℓ
  32. Sport contested in knickers 4 ℓ
  33. Cavort 4 ℓ
  34. She's asked, "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" 4 ℓ
  35. He loved Hercules, according to Shakespeare 6 ℓ
  36. Smallest Asian nation by area 8 ℓ
  37. Serves as a server for 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, April 12, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Matthew Sewell. The puzzle features 70 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

Click any clue above to view its dedicated answer page, which includes letter-by-letter analysis, the puzzle context, and a history of every other Newsday puzzle the same clue or answer has appeared in. To see the complete grid filled in with every answer, use the “Reveal grid” button at the top of the grid.

The Newsday Crossword is published daily by Newsday on Long Island and edited by Stan Newman. Difficulty builds across the week from a gentle Monday introduction up to Saturday’s legendary themeless Stumper. The official puzzle is available on the Newsday Games site. For other days, browse the complete Newsday Crossword archive indexed by date.

Newsday SATURDAY STUMPER Crossword April 12 2025 Answers