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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, February 28, 2026 Constructed by Anna Stiga 72 clues
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Across

  1. Phrase on the Victoria Cross 9 ℓ
  2. Small snare drum 5 ℓ
  3. Cream __ 4 ℓ
  4. Only three-time Time Man of the Yr. 3 ℓ
  5. Half a retro reproach 3 ℓ
  6. Piqued post 4 ℓ
  7. Dry up 5 ℓ
  8. Farm fodder 4 ℓ
  9. Night follower 4 ℓ
  10. What all BMWs must carry 3 ℓ
  11. Times up 6 ℓ
  12. King David raiment 9 ℓ
  13. Uncle's kin 5 ℓ
  14. Clueless contingent 5 ℓ
  15. 35-55 NFL total score, typically 9 ℓ
  16. Ease antonym 5 ℓ
  17. Reproduction redundancy 9 ℓ
  18. Grant command 9 ℓ
  19. Just eat up 5 ℓ
  20. Any Federal Reserve Note 9 ℓ
  21. Precedes all others 5 ℓ
  22. Material favored by Louis XIV 4 ℓ
  23. Route 66 Road Trip Guide offerer 3 ℓ
  24. Pool pocket complement 6 ℓ
  25. Pool adjunct 5 ℓ
  26. Lacking 4 ℓ
  27. "He who thinks little, __ much": Leonardo 4 ℓ
  28. Peak of Tibet 3 ℓ
  29. Cutting board brand 3 ℓ
  30. Start angling 4 ℓ
  31. Liquid sold by the liter 7 ℓ
  32. "Go," or "go" starter 3 ℓ
  33. #2 for much management 3 ℓ
  34. Oldest to win at Indy (at 47, 1987) 7 ℓ
  35. Uncle's kin 7 ℓ
  36. Clerical contingent, e.g. 7 ℓ
  37. Outlandishly 3 ℓ
  38. Action antonym 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Wraps closed 5 ℓ
  2. Thomas Edison and Woodrow Wilson, heading south to Delaware 9 ℓ
  3. Calls for courses 9 ℓ
  4. Oldest annual Harvard-Yale competitions 9 ℓ
  5. Campaign manager 6 ℓ
  6. Words often woven 4 ℓ
  7. Manhattan must 3 ℓ
  8. What Zurich needs in Nuremberg 6 ℓ
  9. Mass medium 5 ℓ
  10. Contemporary of Ava, Rita and Bette 4 ℓ
  11. What makes men mean 3 ℓ
  12. Quash 8 ℓ
  13. Name on Premier Jour perfume 5 ℓ
  14. "Wilt Chamberneezy" 5 ℓ
  15. Library lineup 6 ℓ
  16. Wake up 6 ℓ
  17. Dr. Heimlich or Jekyll 5 ℓ
  18. Emulate alligators 5 ℓ
  19. Suspicious stranger, currently 5 ℓ
  20. Car for courses 5 ℓ
  21. Despot in throne rooms 4 ℓ
  22. __ case 4 ℓ
  23. Dixitque Deus: "Fiat __": Genesis 1:3 3 ℓ
  24. Disney studio name 3 ℓ
  25. Skill that sounds scanty 7 ℓ
  26. Are around 5 ℓ
  27. Sanctioned 5 ℓ
  28. They're not TV series 7 ℓ
  29. Tropical tree with purple flowers 9 ℓ
  30. Loud lament 9 ℓ
  31. Honoree of a Postal Service 500th Anniversary stamp (1952) 9 ℓ
  32. Rub down 5 ℓ
  33. Occupy fully 5 ℓ
  34. Third-discovered nutrient in its class 8 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, February 28, 2026 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.

Newsday SATURDAY STUMPER Crossword February 28 2026 Answers