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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, December 27, 2025 Constructed by Rafael Musa 72 clues
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Across

  1. Site-seeking help 7 ℓ
  2. Tease 6 ℓ
  3. Nation due north of the Horn 5 ℓ
  4. Not like that 4 ℓ
  5. Comes into 4 ℓ
  6. Information extraction with algorithms 11 ℓ
  7. Hands or feet 4 ℓ
  8. Source of American arabica 4 ℓ
  9. Undertaking 3 ℓ
  10. Evidence of a loving relationship 15 ℓ
  11. Manage 6 ℓ
  12. Crescent shape 8 ℓ
  13. The first Eisenhower jackets 6 ℓ
  14. Isn't waited on 7 ℓ
  15. Yellow pages, historically 8 ℓ
  16. Canadian contemporary of Alice Munro 6 ℓ
  17. Merger precursor 15 ℓ
  18. Digital display? 3 ℓ
  19. Live the wrong way 4 ℓ
  20. Any controller 4 ℓ
  21. Internal uplift 11 ℓ
  22. Pour out? 4 ℓ
  23. Top drawer? 4 ℓ
  24. Blow hard 5 ℓ
  25. Rolling __ 3 ℓ
  26. Scathing 4 ℓ
  27. What might say GRANDMA WAS HERE 6 ℓ
  28. Rented 3 ℓ
  29. Trust buster 3 ℓ
  30. Something to hold the mayo 3 ℓ
  31. SF ballpark's splash hits 3 ℓ
  32. Stops lying 6 ℓ
  33. Bar busters of yore 4 ℓ
  34. About a 30 min. walk from Boston Common 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Acreage-stewardship org. 3 ℓ
  2. Last word of Twain's Eve's Diary 4 ℓ
  3. Flag 10 ℓ
  4. "I need more time!" 10 ℓ
  5. Rebus puzzle pronoun 3 ℓ
  6. ... 3 ℓ
  7. Aces 5 ℓ
  8. Indignation monetizer 8 ℓ
  9. Watershed monitor 3 ℓ
  10. Supporting cast participant 5 ℓ
  11. Comparatively mindful 6 ℓ
  12. D&D antagonist 4 ℓ
  13. Care for 4 ℓ
  14. 42-Across major 4 ℓ
  15. Kindly 6 ℓ
  16. Performance art 5 ℓ
  17. Emulate emergency generators 5 ℓ
  18. Author inspired by Zora 4 ℓ
  19. Short letters? 4 ℓ
  20. Heartland city adopted by Vietnamese 4 ℓ
  21. Cry companion 3 ℓ
  22. Burr, before becoming VP 3 ℓ
  23. Not a major player 3 ℓ
  24. Chambre d'__ (guest bedroom) 3 ℓ
  25. Bereft 6 ℓ
  26. "Sea" predator 4 ℓ
  27. Sea predators 5 ℓ
  28. Fair housing 5 ℓ
  29. Dickinson's "Ended, __ it begun" 3 ℓ
  30. Spread awkwardly 5 ℓ
  31. Wedding wheel-out 10 ℓ
  32. Product of cosmic ray collisions 10 ℓ
  33. What batteries are made of 5 ℓ
  34. Word from Latin for "sandy place" 5 ℓ
  35. __ days 5 ℓ
  36. Trial statement 8 ℓ
  37. Unchangeable 3 ℓ
  38. Casual attempts 6 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, December 27, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Rafael Musa. 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 December 27 2025 Answers