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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, August 9, 2025 Constructed by Matthew Sewell 70 clues
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Across

  1. Small presses 4 ℓ
  2. Org. promoting "Serving Success" 4 ℓ
  3. Unprepared performance 4 ℓ
  4. Did the wave? 5 ℓ
  5. Clears out 6 ℓ
  6. "Mein __ Marquis" (Die Fledermaus aria) 4 ℓ
  7. Real-time loggers 6 ℓ
  8. Model power source 15 ℓ
  9. Urban legend spreader 5 ℓ
  10. Rancher accessory 4 ℓ
  11. Sand "mine" 4 ℓ
  12. "Doubtful" 4 ℓ
  13. First pronoun in the last paragraph of Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address 4 ℓ
  14. Elle alternative 5 ℓ
  15. Banners of the Charleston era 4 ℓ
  16. Correspondence come-back 4 ℓ
  17. Quite in Quebec 4 ℓ
  18. Head, as a project 5 ℓ
  19. Rosetta Stone characters 4 ℓ
  20. AV format 4 ℓ
  21. Deflective protection 5 ℓ
  22. Brand of Stax snacks 4 ℓ
  23. Point of foul play? 4 ℓ
  24. Pedestrian 15 ℓ
  25. Change color, maybe 6 ℓ
  26. Grunge-y group 4 ℓ
  27. Revel in 5 ℓ
  28. It's handled in the kitchen 6 ℓ
  29. It's near a PC Z 3 ℓ
  30. Taking for a ride 11 ℓ
  31. Cold __ 3 ℓ
  32. Boston Marathon setting 3 ℓ
  33. Smiling on 3 ℓ
  34. Last-renamed MLB team 3 ℓ
  35. Duke's domain 3 ℓ
  36. Sign of falling down on the job? 11 ℓ
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Down

  1. Far from fortunate 4 ℓ
  2. Great times 4 ℓ
  3. 57-Across forerunner 5 ℓ
  4. Transfer bit by bit 5 ℓ
  5. Fuzzy number 7 ℓ
  6. Onomatopoeic prompt 4 ℓ
  7. What many a salad requires 4 ℓ
  8. Riding high 7 ℓ
  9. Zebra crossing? 5 ℓ
  10. Metaphoric height 12 ℓ
  11. Start with your software 6 ℓ
  12. Reunion rendition 9 ℓ
  13. Eternal pessimist 6 ℓ
  14. What "our opposition...don't know how to handle": John Lennon 5 ℓ
  15. Security in many an IRA 5 ℓ
  16. Winds wood 5 ℓ
  17. "R U kidding?" 3 ℓ
  18. What Palmolive was named for 4 ℓ
  19. TikTok beverage trend 4 ℓ
  20. Round-tripper rewards 4 ℓ
  21. Name on the cover of Primary School Geography (1894) 4 ℓ
  22. Upside-down map 3 ℓ
  23. Unrefined 7 ℓ
  24. Corn mazes, hayrides, etc. 12 ℓ
  25. Monitor with a red needle 4 ℓ
  26. __ and Basie! (Grammy Hall of Fame album) 4 ℓ
  27. Quick game 4 ℓ
  28. Set up logically 7 ℓ
  29. Small French square 4 ℓ
  30. Word from Old English for "hut" 4 ℓ
  31. Becomes tired 9 ℓ
  32. __-Aryan languages 4 ℓ
  33. What dailies depend on 7 ℓ
  34. Hit shows at county fairs 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, August 9, 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 August 9 2025 Answers