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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, January 31, 2026 Constructed by Lester Ruff 68 clues
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Across

  1. Physician born in 2227 5 ℓ
  2. Le Carre trilogy adversary 3 ℓ
  3. Extolment 5 ℓ
  4. Sense metaphor 6 ℓ
  5. Take down 4 ℓ
  6. Causes a mix-up 5 ℓ
  7. "The __ is good,...its execution is poor": Balzac 3 ℓ
  8. Heat removal stat 4 ℓ
  9. Cacciatore alternative 10 ℓ
  10. Activity on horseback 4 ℓ
  11. Brownstone turned art museum 5 ℓ
  12. One of the original domains 3 ℓ
  13. Galloping 5 ℓ
  14. Prime play 5 ℓ
  15. Small projection 3 ℓ
  16. Brigadier at Second Bull Run 5 ℓ
  17. Less than straight 3 ℓ
  18. Street of fame is one 5 ℓ
  19. Caterpillar product 5 ℓ
  20. Mecca near the Crockett Hotel 5 ℓ
  21. Stir fry staple 5 ℓ
  22. Sichuan staple 3 ℓ
  23. Be bold 5 ℓ
  24. Eisenhower, c. 1942 5 ℓ
  25. Letter ctr. 3 ℓ
  26. Made much more of 10 ℓ
  27. Never Tell Me the Odds podcaster 4 ℓ
  28. Downed 3 ℓ
  29. German Vollkornbrote, e.g. 4 ℓ
  30. Put up 5 ℓ
  31. Whom to "Go anywhere with" 4 ℓ
  32. Undergo some recombination 6 ℓ
  33. Bond and Powers 13 ℓ
  34. Lower one's voice? 13 ℓ
  35. Amazon MGM subsidiary 13 ℓ
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Down

  1. Pumice, previously 5 ℓ
  2. All the Brady girls 7 ℓ
  3. Carver of cartoondom 8 ℓ
  4. Feet-up frat party feats 9 ℓ
  5. Nicely named former Archbishop of Manila, Jaime __ 3 ℓ
  6. Let go, perhaps 4 ℓ
  7. Genoa's __ Palace 5 ℓ
  8. Let go, perhaps 5 ℓ
  9. Disney Christmas Day Parade host, 2001-2009 9 ℓ
  10. Sanskrit for "union member" (sort of) 4 ℓ
  11. Go without 4 ℓ
  12. __ cutting 5 ℓ
  13. High potency 5 ℓ
  14. Business area, or its customers 5 ℓ
  15. World capital at 12,000 feet 5 ℓ
  16. Netflix's Kuroko's Basketball category 5 ℓ
  17. Snipe, e.g. 5 ℓ
  18. Religion with an Israeli headquarters 5 ℓ
  19. Who first spoke of "the green-eyed monster" (1604) 4 ℓ
  20. Former follower of Lenin 4 ℓ
  21. Sneak __ 4 ℓ
  22. Abridged accommodations 3 ℓ
  23. Adjective for the earliest talkies 7 ℓ
  24. __ frugale (British/French cost-saving pact of the 2010s) 7 ℓ
  25. Family Fun Month 6 ℓ
  26. Vulgarian 7 ℓ
  27. Has hard-pressed 6 ℓ
  28. Dons and deputies 7 ℓ
  29. Passing fast 9 ℓ
  30. Piratic plaint 3 ℓ
  31. Public sale ID 9 ℓ
  32. Five-sharp scale non-sharp 8 ℓ
  33. Aftermaths 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, January 31, 2026 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Lester Ruff. 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 31 2026 Answers