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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, February 22, 2025 Constructed by Brad Wilber 70 clues
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Across

  1. '80s bestseller that became an Android app in 2013 8 ℓ
  2. Gardeners may work on them 5 ℓ
  3. Crop grown at Washington's Mount Vernon 4 ℓ
  4. Carriers of terse slogans 4 ℓ
  5. E, as in some 37-Down telecasts 5 ℓ
  6. Don't settle 4 ℓ
  7. Group in a shell 4 ℓ
  8. Rephrase 5 ℓ
  9. Realized 6 ℓ
  10. Jive 3 ℓ
  11. Index __ 3 ℓ
  12. Less loose 6 ℓ
  13. Tina Fey wields one in 2010s commercials 8 ℓ
  14. Trepidation 6 ℓ
  15. Break up 8 ℓ
  16. They're sometimes called "sallies" 5 ℓ
  17. Shakedown party 8 ℓ
  18. Square 8 ℓ
  19. Psychological distress 6 ℓ
  20. Buffet 8 ℓ
  21. Touching palms, perhaps 6 ℓ
  22. Original milieu of 1-Across 6 ℓ
  23. Contemporary conversation starter 3 ℓ
  24. They're often seen on S&L doors 3 ℓ
  25. Vibe 4 ℓ
  26. Auspicious 4 ℓ
  27. Without limits, older-style 5 ℓ
  28. Its flowers are used in sambuca 5 ℓ
  29. Cooper's costar in The Fountainhead 4 ℓ
  30. Hampton Court Palace planner 4 ℓ
  31. Headed for a stall, quite possibly 11 ℓ
  32. Chart-topping instrumental of '76 13 ℓ
  33. Time's Best Comedy Sketch of the 20th Century 11 ℓ
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Down

  1. Brand of smoothies 6 ℓ
  2. Emo selection 7 ℓ
  3. Budding 8 ℓ
  4. Rush 8 ℓ
  5. Tennis ball feature 3 ℓ
  6. Initial inductee in the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame 5 ℓ
  7. Org. with a Lesson Plans web page 3 ℓ
  8. Cutting-edge Stone Age invention 3 ℓ
  9. Any of the Seven Dwarfs 5 ℓ
  10. Alerted nonverbally 4 ℓ
  11. Shout from a Looney Tunes mouse 6 ℓ
  12. Joined (together) 6 ℓ
  13. Herb in spinach pie 6 ℓ
  14. Sleuth, at times 6 ℓ
  15. Lichtenstein's area 6 ℓ
  16. Word from the Latin for "turned away" 6 ℓ
  17. Surpassing in rarity? 6 ℓ
  18. "__ triumph from toil and risk": Teddy Roosevelt 5 ℓ
  19. Duds 5 ℓ
  20. Fair 4 ℓ
  21. Dig this 3 ℓ
  22. Fraternize 3 ℓ
  23. Stock extension 3 ℓ
  24. Dirt collector 3 ℓ
  25. Big-12 team 3 ℓ
  26. Fish with a prehensile tail 8 ℓ
  27. Book on the Celebrate the Century stamp sheet with FDR 4 ℓ
  28. Essentially 8 ℓ
  29. 1992 Nestle acquisition 7 ℓ
  30. Cowboys ex-quarterback now a CBS analyst 4 ℓ
  31. Grumman craft with no seats 4 ℓ
  32. Let out 4 ℓ
  33. Trade grp. with an airport-screening webinar 4 ℓ
  34. "Worldwide Leader in Sports" 4 ℓ
  35. Scrollwork from its bow can be seen in Bangor 8 ℓ
  36. You might do it for your own sake 8 ℓ
  37. "Whee!" 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, February 22, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Brad Wilber. 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.

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