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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, December 13, 2025 Constructed by Matthew Sewell 72 clues
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Across

  1. Led to lineally 5 ℓ
  2. Side of ribs 4 ℓ
  3. Insubstantial 4 ℓ
  4. Close ones 5 ℓ
  5. Move low and slow 5 ℓ
  6. Hand salute 4 ℓ
  7. Small change 3 ℓ
  8. Sophia, shortly 4 ℓ
  9. Look-both-ways traveler 7 ℓ
  10. Chilling thing 7 ℓ
  11. Many minutos 4 ℓ
  12. "Let's get started!" 10 ℓ
  13. Misarticulate 4 ℓ
  14. Inauspiciousness interjection 4 ℓ
  15. Medieval marauders 5 ℓ
  16. Take for a ride 4 ℓ
  17. Bit of bioplastic 4 ℓ
  18. Caught up? 5 ℓ
  19. Tools for hand-made products 5 ℓ
  20. Eminently pickable 4 ℓ
  21. Eminently pickable 4 ℓ
  22. Capital within 500 mi. of 40% of all in the US 10 ℓ
  23. Inimitable 4 ℓ
  24. Performing in concert 7 ℓ
  25. Dadgum 7 ℓ
  26. Authoritative quote source 4 ℓ
  27. Staple of West African cuisine 3 ℓ
  28. Bugs Bunny wore its uniform in '43 4 ℓ
  29. Look-both-ways guy 5 ℓ
  30. Purity standard 5 ℓ
  31. Head of a table 6 ℓ
  32. Net speed 8 ℓ
  33. "I'm stumped!" 15 ℓ
  34. Effortful freighting 6 ℓ
  35. Tomfoolery 8 ℓ
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Down

  1. Cabbage or clams 5 ℓ
  2. Winnow (out) 4 ℓ
  3. Islander redhead in Canadian kid lit 4 ℓ
  4. Gamer's acquisition activity 9 ℓ
  5. Coastal ecosystem 9 ℓ
  6. Prime minister at Elizabeth II's coronation 5 ℓ
  7. Where Taylor Swift kept "many indie bands" 4 ℓ
  8. "Not a thread in all __ raiment": Poe 3 ℓ
  9. Missourian in the Capitol's Statuary Hall 6 ℓ
  10. Poor Richard's cure-all herb 4 ℓ
  11. Making a point 5 ℓ
  12. Major functions 5 ℓ
  13. Part of the earliest pianos 5 ℓ
  14. Much-watched after-dark streaming 6 ℓ
  15. Skunky essence 5 ℓ
  16. Concise comforter 5 ℓ
  17. Apocryphal 5 ℓ
  18. Feeling sore 5 ℓ
  19. Head honchos? 5 ℓ
  20. Get going 4 ℓ
  21. Book of Marvels of the World author (c. 1300) 4 ℓ
  22. Taj Mahal builder, e.g. 4 ℓ
  23. Not much change 4 ℓ
  24. Pepsi's root beer 3 ℓ
  25. Nine counties around Western estuaries 7 ℓ
  26. Incredulously 7 ℓ
  27. Fowl much-mistaken for ducks 7 ℓ
  28. Enthusiastically accepts 7 ℓ
  29. Viscosity std. setter 3 ℓ
  30. Swatch of suiting? 4 ℓ
  31. Midshipman opponent in the annual Crab Bowl 4 ℓ
  32. Dry-__ (tenderized, as T-bones) 4 ℓ
  33. Come into one's own 4 ℓ
  34. What the Emmys are named for 9 ℓ
  35. You be the judge 9 ℓ
  36. Windows 95 introduction 7 ℓ
  37. Vikes' strikes 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, December 13, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Matthew Sewell. 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.

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