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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, August 15, 2026 Constructed by David P. Williams 70 clues
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Across

  1. Top drawer 8 ℓ
  2. Dehydrates, in a way 6 ℓ
  3. Setting for exposure 8 ℓ
  4. Extremely noble 6 ℓ
  5. Spoils 8 ℓ
  6. Extremely 6 ℓ
  7. Key duplication 3 ℓ
  8. Lightens up 5 ℓ
  9. Drop a line 4 ℓ
  10. Slippery slope 4 ℓ
  11. Cesky apostol 5 ℓ
  12. Inside plant 4 ℓ
  13. Center of convergence 3 ℓ
  14. Show-off 11 ℓ
  15. Stubbornness symbol 5 ℓ
  16. Come after or go after 6 ℓ
  17. Guess who? 7 ℓ
  18. Juice boxes 7 ℓ
  19. Went long 5 ℓ
  20. Escaped slowly 6 ℓ
  21. It's thought-provoking 11 ℓ
  22. Pair of kings, say 3 ℓ
  23. Has an unenviable feeling 5 ℓ
  24. Word from the French for "small and detailed" 4 ℓ
  25. The Second Fifty publisher 4 ℓ
  26. Light of light 3 ℓ
  27. High-spirited 5 ℓ
  28. Home of a Water Lilies triptych 4 ℓ
  29. Sends up 6 ℓ
  30. Marvel Universe trope 8 ℓ
  31. Take a break from blogging 6 ℓ
  32. Barely balanced 8 ℓ
  33. Intense or impressive 6 ℓ
  34. Siege that named an SUV 8 ℓ
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Down

  1. Texan wearing a stallion logo 3 ℓ
  2. One with goals 6 ℓ
  3. Whom Claudia called "the only remaining supermodel" 6 ℓ
  4. Luke's unfortunate news 6 ℓ
  5. Fit bit 3 ℓ
  6. Some fathers, for short 4 ℓ
  7. Cups of tea 11 ℓ
  8. Corn pancakes 6 ℓ
  9. Sound like tsk 3 ℓ
  10. Ballpark figure 4 ℓ
  11. Pop up 5 ℓ
  12. Start to boil 8 ℓ
  13. Greek who wrote Theory of the Passions 8 ℓ
  14. Copies over, perhaps 7 ℓ
  15. Slow movement 5 ℓ
  16. Nightmare tormentee in his first film (1984) 4 ℓ
  17. Overly optimistic 11 ℓ
  18. Bissell's German rival 5 ℓ
  19. Chinese city, first with a COVID lockdown 5 ℓ
  20. Large key 5 ℓ
  21. Doctor's order 5 ℓ
  22. School close to Coronado 4 ℓ
  23. What Romeo and Juliet are 8 ℓ
  24. Posters, postcards, pamphlets, etc. 8 ℓ
  25. Affaire de __ 5 ℓ
  26. Talk over? 7 ℓ
  27. Good-for-nothing 6 ℓ
  28. Castigate 6 ℓ
  29. Tireless force 6 ℓ
  30. Hair __ 6 ℓ
  31. Fancy fungus 5 ℓ
  32. Robin cousin 4 ℓ
  33. Successor of NASDAQ's FB 4 ℓ
  34. It's often rolled over 3 ℓ
  35. Hard-boiled protagonist 3 ℓ
  36. Handel's __ for the Birthday of Queen Anne 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, August 15, 2026 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by David P. Williams. 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 August 15 2026 Answers