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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, January 25, 2025 Constructed by Kate Chin Park 68 clues
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Across

  1. So inclined 5 ℓ
  2. It's most liquid 4 ℓ
  3. Majesty 4 ℓ
  4. Market with a new name 7 ℓ
  5. Gig bit 4 ℓ
  6. "__ there" 4 ℓ
  7. Achilles adversary 5 ℓ
  8. Zuo Zongtang's much-seen alias 3 ℓ
  9. Noncontributory comment 6 ℓ
  10. Opinion pieces 6 ℓ
  11. Hydrogen sulfide evocation 9 ℓ
  12. Cabinet appointments 5 ℓ
  13. Four-vowel valediction 5 ℓ
  14. "Yup" 9 ℓ
  15. Give service 4 ℓ
  16. Linear sequence of science 4 ℓ
  17. Square figures 5 ℓ
  18. Surname meaning "priest" 5 ℓ
  19. Chorus-like 9 ℓ
  20. Otter cousin 5 ℓ
  21. Cause of many a claim 9 ℓ
  22. Eos alias 6 ℓ
  23. How to respond to "I didn't get it" 6 ℓ
  24. Pupil mover 3 ℓ
  25. Popular pop selection 5 ℓ
  26. Poke (through) 4 ℓ
  27. Way out there 4 ℓ
  28. Pet held in five 007 films 7 ℓ
  29. Communication challenge 13 ℓ
  30. Unprepared for 6 ℓ
  31. Polo was born there 6 ℓ
  32. Uninvolved associate 13 ℓ
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Down

  1. Heat removers, informally 3 ℓ
  2. Mass (of) 4 ℓ
  3. Mess that's embarrassing 5 ℓ
  4. Where Neruda "crossed the high cordillera" 5 ℓ
  5. The majority of chopsticks and corkscrews 10 ℓ
  6. Stepmom to Mary, Elizabeth and Edward 4 ℓ
  7. Literature scholars' org. 3 ℓ
  8. Accented approval 3 ℓ
  9. Rampart part 7 ℓ
  10. Over all 5 ℓ
  11. Wrench away 4 ℓ
  12. A great many 9 ℓ
  13. French national dish, per National Geographic 8 ℓ
  14. Sup wearing slippers 5 ℓ
  15. Erstwhile #1 in African area 5 ℓ
  16. Recessed 5 ℓ
  17. Central part 4 ℓ
  18. London lip-lock 4 ℓ
  19. Step lively 4 ℓ
  20. Singapore Sling essential 3 ℓ
  21. Shout-sounding verb 3 ℓ
  22. Questionable, contemporarily 3 ℓ
  23. Joan of Arc, at Orleans 8 ℓ
  24. Freshen, as one's study 7 ℓ
  25. Tea __ 4 ℓ
  26. Olympic country code below Serbia's alphabetically 3 ℓ
  27. Texter's "seeking" 3 ℓ
  28. Sent back, say 10 ℓ
  29. Not just 7 ℓ
  30. Gave 8 ℓ
  31. It pairs well with pates 9 ℓ
  32. Cleaned up by cutting 8 ℓ
  33. Then 4 ℓ
  34. Number noted by NASA 7 ℓ
  35. Pending designation 3 ℓ
  36. Velour feature 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, January 25, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Kate Chin Park. The puzzle features 68 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 25 2025 Answers