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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, August 30, 2025 Constructed by Winston Emmons 72 clues
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Across

  1. Boil from 8 ℓ
  2. US' highest-grossing French language film (2001) 6 ℓ
  3. Civil procedure studier 4 ℓ
  4. Mideast bishops 5 ℓ
  5. About 18 weeks in OK 3 ℓ
  6. Inter __ 4 ℓ
  7. With nice animation 6 ℓ
  8. Identify 3 ℓ
  9. Head lock 5 ℓ
  10. Mission figure 7 ℓ
  11. Family nickname 6 ℓ
  12. True 8 ℓ
  13. Trip up 6 ℓ
  14. Waited for a while 8 ℓ
  15. Dipped Pretzels brand 6 ℓ
  16. Storage units 8 ℓ
  17. Kennedy Center Honors actor of 2016 8 ℓ
  18. Mail order staff 6 ℓ
  19. High range 8 ℓ
  20. It's south of Albuquerque on I-25 6 ℓ
  21. Dictates 5 ℓ
  22. Word from the French for "ladder rung" 7 ℓ
  23. Balance checkers, briefly 4 ℓ
  24. Tractor adjuncts 6 ℓ
  25. Why __ capitalized (textbook.com topic) 3 ℓ
  26. Familial emblem 5 ℓ
  27. Imagine 3 ℓ
  28. Gardien divin 4 ℓ
  29. Mideast hot spot 5 ℓ
  30. Bond of the '80s 6 ℓ
  31. Any house pet 15 ℓ
  32. Person often dreaded 5 ℓ
  33. Rests (on) 6 ℓ
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Down

  1. Slips 6 ℓ
  2. "__ es todo" ("We're done") 3 ℓ
  3. Return addressee 3 ℓ
  4. Embrace 8 ℓ
  5. Showcase for products 4 ℓ
  6. Partners in crime 5 ℓ
  7. "I'm __ teetotaler": Shaw 5 ℓ
  8. Annoyingly inventive 15 ℓ
  9. Sloth cousin 8 ℓ
  10. SOS intro 3 ℓ
  11. Old hands 4 ℓ
  12. Canvas holders 5 ℓ
  13. Beam-supporting hardware 6 ℓ
  14. Kin to Helen 6 ℓ
  15. Cannoneer's concern 3 ℓ
  16. Split or stick 6 ℓ
  17. __ ship 6 ℓ
  18. Dart propellers 6 ℓ
  19. Cuban cuisine staple 5 ℓ
  20. Choir performances 5 ℓ
  21. Sort of seed 5 ℓ
  22. Abbreviated impudence 4 ℓ
  23. Affiliations 4 ℓ
  24. G. Eiffel et __ 3 ℓ
  25. Application 3 ℓ
  26. Discomfit 3 ℓ
  27. Costumer service 3 ℓ
  28. Unreal 5 ℓ
  29. Guy embracing invigoration 4 ℓ
  30. On their way 4 ℓ
  31. Source d'idees 4 ℓ
  32. A word 4 ℓ
  33. Catch in the act 4 ℓ
  34. "Indeed!" 5 ℓ
  35. Reduced measures 4 ℓ
  36. Tasteful richness 8 ℓ
  37. Cut short 4 ℓ
  38. Name above Le Discourse de la Methode quotes in Bartlett's 4 ℓ
  39. National Historic Landmark that moves every day 8 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, August 30, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Winston Emmons. The puzzle features 72 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 30 2025 Answers