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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, January 24, 2026 Constructed by David P. Williams 72 clues
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Across

  1. World records 5 ℓ
  2. Cold cut? 3 ℓ
  3. Yet to be resolved 4 ℓ
  4. Defendant in double jeopardy 13 ℓ
  5. Broken records, often 6 ℓ
  6. __ candy 3 ℓ
  7. Worth following 8 ℓ
  8. Strove to lighten up 6 ℓ
  9. Questionable 10 ℓ
  10. Word from Old English for "graze" 4 ℓ
  11. Must 4 ℓ
  12. Polar opposites of penguins 4 ℓ
  13. Let loose 5 ℓ
  14. Circles kept in squares 3 ℓ
  15. Where many microproducers market merchandise 4 ℓ
  16. Golden yellow, creamy, savory... 5 ℓ
  17. Person going native? 5 ℓ
  18. All of Vatican City 4 ℓ
  19. Sweat spot 4 ℓ
  20. Seasonal flier 10 ℓ
  21. Lift on wheels 4 ℓ
  22. Oratorical asset 8 ℓ
  23. Abundance, in a phrase 6 ℓ
  24. Forum crowd 3 ℓ
  25. Mini-arsenal of a sort 6 ℓ
  26. Quality time and physical touch, per Psychology Today 13 ℓ
  27. Rally up 5 ℓ
  28. Results of good tipping? 5 ℓ
  29. Fox __ 3 ℓ
  30. Resistance fighter 4 ℓ
  31. Intro of the earliest times 5 ℓ
  32. La __ patrie (France, to the French) 4 ℓ
  33. Point of a tool 3 ℓ
  34. Visionary strategy? 5 ℓ
  35. Drum or dance 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Operatic soprano from Charleston 4 ℓ
  2. Dairy products 4 ℓ
  3. C student at work 5 ℓ
  4. Emulating peacock feathers 10 ℓ
  5. Put off 8 ℓ
  6. Limits of navigation 3 ℓ
  7. Inedible waffle 4 ℓ
  8. Annual rank-and-file rituals 11 ℓ
  9. Set off an alarm 7 ℓ
  10. Terra Chips variety 4 ℓ
  11. Web design 4 ℓ
  12. Frequent launching locale 4 ℓ
  13. Promissory procedures 5 ℓ
  14. Pursued properly 4 ℓ
  15. Crunch kin 5 ℓ
  16. Revolutionary movement 4 ℓ
  17. Keel over 4 ℓ
  18. Anagram of TIMBERLAKE minus TAKE MR 4 ℓ
  19. What Diana Ross wore in the '70s 4 ℓ
  20. One of the "Printmakers to the American People" 4 ℓ
  21. Commercial offering 4 ℓ
  22. Goal backer 3 ℓ
  23. Face with fortitude 5 ℓ
  24. Money that had una cornucopia in allumunio 4 ℓ
  25. Small dogs in small blankets 4 ℓ
  26. Erstwhile patent medicine 11 ℓ
  27. Gen Z-created atmospheric gauges 10 ℓ
  28. Standout 4 ℓ
  29. Well-borne thing that becomes light, per Ovid 4 ℓ
  30. Grandes Vacances time 3 ℓ
  31. Wishful thinking advocate 5 ℓ
  32. Force of nature 4 ℓ
  33. Hold up 4 ℓ
  34. Beachfront construction 8 ℓ
  35. Short self-identification 3 ℓ
  36. Fly or other "fake food" 4 ℓ
  37. Documentary verb 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, January 24, 2026 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by David P. Williams. 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 January 24 2026 Answers