SATURDAY STUMPER
Across
- Gestural exasperation
- What DDE and JFK were members of
- In
- Battery-recharging period
- Buffered rebuff
- Half a pair of thrills
- Big planter
- Awl cousin
- Alabaster shaper
- '30s radio staple
- Canadian champs at Vancouver
- Couldn't take the pressure
- What Georgia aspires to be
- Performer in Camden Yards
- Kinds of cookers
- Any record
- Thing in a ring
- 2024 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show walker
- Grounded birds
- Opry sponsor in the Fortune 500
- PR people
- Roman numeral
- Khan kin
- Where to buy SONY
- Shah of Iran's doctrine
- Fabric favored by Marie Antoinette
- A going concern
- They're cutting down
- Leaves
- Notable
- Eliciting amazement
Down
- Annual "Keep America Growing!" fundraiser
- Legal list intro
- Can order
- Prof's pursuit, perhaps
- Short walks on the field
- Element #109
- Inspiration destination
- See 5-Down
- Pasado __ (with 6-Down, soft-boiled)
- National Park partner of Isola del Giglio
- Mechanic in the Ocean's trilogy
- '90s satellite launcher
- Desert Storm fighter plane
- Slow poke
- Digging
- Half a pair of pants
- Oil company, to Wall Streeters
- Evacuation order
- DJIA component
- "Standing on this pleasant __": Wordsworth
- Trapped
- Take after
- World's most popular city name (1700+)
- Contronymic look
- Haulers in roadless, rugged regions
- Lionel debut of 1912
- Fall off
- Olympian mom of twins
- Dig it
- Not yet 13-Down
- Irritants
- Picture postcard message, perhaps
- Eggplant cousins
- American Eagle competitor
- Richard Pryor, birthwise
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, April 5, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by S.N.. The puzzle features 66 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.