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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, August 2, 2025 Constructed by Anna Stiga 68 clues
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Across

  1. Group of windflowers 7 ℓ
  2. They'll go along 6 ℓ
  3. Ball storage areas for Rockies and Diamondbacks 8 ℓ
  4. Inhales, "up" or "down" 6 ℓ
  5. Scanty 5 ℓ
  6. Since Grand Slams paid cash 7 ℓ
  7. National Soup Mo. 3 ℓ
  8. What might hold your notice 4 ℓ
  9. Tibetan for "place of the gods" 5 ℓ
  10. Hang over 6 ℓ
  11. "...stuff as dreams are made on" speaker 8 ℓ
  12. Paradise Lost "previously" 6 ℓ
  13. Disciple 8 ℓ
  14. Antsy antonym 6 ℓ
  15. Shipped before settlement 7 ℓ
  16. One making people from pixels 8 ℓ
  17. Pontoon causeway creator 6 ℓ
  18. Rather cold 8 ℓ
  19. Rays play there 6 ℓ
  20. Runner who ran the London Olympics 3 ℓ
  21. Not too distantly 4 ℓ
  22. Online community builder 5 ℓ
  23. Oktoberfest participants 5 ℓ
  24. Superglue solvent 7 ℓ
  25. Favored somehow 6 ℓ
  26. Prequalified 8 ℓ
  27. __ globe (retina locale) 6 ℓ
  28. Dickensian sound of surprise 3 ℓ
  29. Data sharing protocol 15 ℓ
  30. Aquafina alternative 6 ℓ
  31. Be badgering 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Reveal that you're running 8 ℓ
  2. Was brimming 6 ℓ
  3. Make better, as a mandolin 6 ℓ
  4. Planetary circler with Juliet 6 ℓ
  5. Literary Lee's lifelong pal 6 ℓ
  6. What a troubleshooter might fix 6 ℓ
  7. Cats finale 3 ℓ
  8. Inferential intro 4 ℓ
  9. Bit of bad behavior 4 ℓ
  10. Most popular people mover 4 ℓ
  11. Rocket rival, reduced 3 ℓ
  12. Mood music? 3 ℓ
  13. Shade close to sapphire 8 ℓ
  14. #2 in literary character portrayals 6 ℓ
  15. Call from above 6 ℓ
  16. Less likable 6 ℓ
  17. Outrageously extreme 6 ℓ
  18. Ecclesiastical aide 6 ℓ
  19. Stadt am Rhein 4 ℓ
  20. Most-spoken Canadian aboriginal language 4 ℓ
  21. Audio alerts 4 ℓ
  22. Press participant 3 ℓ
  23. Warm benches 3 ℓ
  24. Certain ovis aries 3 ℓ
  25. Where hands are often raised 7 ℓ
  26. Piece of an edible boat 5 ℓ
  27. "In the days of __..." 4 ℓ
  28. Satchmo style 4 ℓ
  29. Gets too close to 6 ℓ
  30. Money depicting Garbo 6 ℓ
  31. Noted works 5 ℓ
  32. It's southeast of Zagreb 8 ℓ
  33. Pumpkin kin homophone 5 ℓ
  34. Outlaws 4 ℓ
  35. Alacrity order 4 ℓ
  36. Armada assent 7 ℓ
  37. With rather high frequency 8 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, August 2, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Anna Stiga. The puzzle features 68 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 2 2025 Answers