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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, February 15, 2025 Constructed by Anna Stiga 72 clues
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Across

  1. Projects needing sets 5 ℓ
  2. Apollo 11 landed in one 4 ℓ
  3. Name evoking "a fish!" in an 1982 movie 4 ℓ
  4. Expresses discontent, in a way 6 ℓ
  5. Great-aunt who takes in David Copperfield 6 ℓ
  6. Has no use for 6 ℓ
  7. House __ 3 ℓ
  8. Reuben Award comic of 2004 10 ℓ
  9. Plans for the future 4 ℓ
  10. Strikingly different 10 ℓ
  11. Overused eBay adjective 4 ℓ
  12. What Watt was 4 ℓ
  13. Wrongdoing 4 ℓ
  14. Descriptor defined by the National Institutes of Health 5 ℓ
  15. Remove for checking, perhaps 4 ℓ
  16. Sources of some scratches 4 ℓ
  17. Valuables in certain Manila envelopes 5 ℓ
  18. Yucca cousin 5 ℓ
  19. Verbal nod 4 ℓ
  20. Global transportation company 4 ℓ
  21. Person needing sets 10 ℓ
  22. Escapist vehicle? 4 ℓ
  23. Gillette introduction of 1979 10 ℓ
  24. Mag with a Celebrity Style Web page 4 ℓ
  25. The UAW was founded within it 3 ℓ
  26. Window shade part 6 ℓ
  27. Surname of three siblings who each wrote an 1847 novel 6 ℓ
  28. Clever move 6 ℓ
  29. Stretches, for example 5 ℓ
  30. Palm product 9 ℓ
  31. Ideally 4 ℓ
  32. Word in the etymology of "admiral" 4 ℓ
  33. Mineral mined in the Mojave 5 ℓ
  34. Sculpture in a Vatican basilica 5 ℓ
  35. Taxing 9 ℓ
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Down

  1. Public persona 4 ℓ
  2. Source of an ale's fruity flavor 5 ℓ
  3. What the Lexington Minuteman statue holds 5 ℓ
  4. Continuously 10 ℓ
  5. A noticeable improvement 10 ℓ
  6. Woodstock '99 poster designer 8 ℓ
  7. Place for a chin on a violin 4 ℓ
  8. The Romans' name for Turkey 4 ℓ
  9. Scene of the crime in A Few Good Men 5 ℓ
  10. Commissions 7 ℓ
  11. They're outstanding in their fields 4 ℓ
  12. Tibetan for ''superior one'' 4 ℓ
  13. Radcliffe role in Victor Frankenstein 4 ℓ
  14. Badger 4 ℓ
  15. Was on 5 ℓ
  16. Ice Breakers alternative 5 ℓ
  17. Basic cable channel 5 ℓ
  18. The six single title characters of a 2010s TV Land series 4 ℓ
  19. Extremely 4 ℓ
  20. They're formed for flattery 4 ℓ
  21. Role-playing game costume 4 ℓ
  22. A short while from now 4 ℓ
  23. A long while ago 4 ℓ
  24. Shipwreck divers' mecca 4 ℓ
  25. Dated, for short 3 ℓ
  26. Reminder starter 10 ℓ
  27. Martha Stewart makes them with basil leaves and homemade mayo 4 ℓ
  28. __ gear 4 ℓ
  29. Hubby in Funny Girl 10 ℓ
  30. Respected elders 5 ℓ
  31. Regrettably 4 ℓ
  32. Ring, essentially 4 ℓ
  33. Frat initiation, e.g. 4 ℓ
  34. What a toolbox may hold 4 ℓ
  35. Less-than-elegant exit 8 ℓ
  36. Place to buy bowls and beds 7 ℓ
  37. It's often seen between here and there 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, February 15, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Anna Stiga. 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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