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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, July 18, 2026 Constructed by Rafael Musa 70 clues
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Across

  1. Mainstream quality 10 ℓ
  2. Small, flat portion 3 ℓ
  3. Request for more 10 ℓ
  4. Brief period 3 ℓ
  5. Straight-up 10 ℓ
  6. Force in 4 ℓ
  7. Mustang's predecessor 4 ℓ
  8. Mini-opening 4 ℓ
  9. Mustang's cruising 4 ℓ
  10. Residential add-on 3 ℓ
  11. Word from the Latin for "bond" 4 ℓ
  12. Showing deep consideration 6 ℓ
  13. Overview provider? 6 ℓ
  14. Dressing option 8 ℓ
  15. Have an impressive impact 4 ℓ
  16. Where shooting stars are seen 8 ℓ
  17. After all 4 ℓ
  18. "Would you like a job in my cabinet?" speaker in Barbie 4 ℓ
  19. Ran out, as resin 4 ℓ
  20. They're supposed to pop up 8 ℓ
  21. So not concise 8 ℓ
  22. Soul successor 6 ℓ
  23. Whom MoMA commissioned to create "PEACE is POWER" (2010s) 3 ℓ
  24. Where Carver taught before Tuskegee 4 ℓ
  25. Introductory explanation 6 ℓ
  26. Exultation 4 ℓ
  27. Reporter to take among the earliest flash photos (1880s) 4 ℓ
  28. Strong blast 4 ℓ
  29. Close-call comment 4 ℓ
  30. Child's catchphrase 10 ℓ
  31. Border line 3 ℓ
  32. "Sorry, we're closed" 10 ℓ
  33. Driving stat 3 ℓ
  34. Having caught bugs 10 ℓ
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Down

  1. Cricket predator 6 ℓ
  2. Recipe reduction 3 ℓ
  3. It borders Georgia 7 ℓ
  4. Ancient autocrat 7 ℓ
  5. Nautical shelter 3 ℓ
  6. A little help 4 ℓ
  7. Shakespeare contemporary 5 ℓ
  8. Unlikely to be sunny 11 ℓ
  9. Woman in Arabian Nights 3 ℓ
  10. Power plant product 4 ℓ
  11. Specimen, for example 7 ℓ
  12. Garb from the Greenlandic 6 ℓ
  13. Current concerns 7 ℓ
  14. Hitchhiker's Guide... plot device 8 ℓ
  15. Tucson or Taos or Santa Fe 3 ℓ
  16. Hawaii, essentially 4 ℓ
  17. Satisfies 11 ℓ
  18. Rose's cousin 3 ℓ
  19. "Steep, strain, serve" product 8 ℓ
  20. Island chains 4 ℓ
  21. Theatre Royal Windsor neighbor 4 ℓ
  22. Strings on a Spanish guitar 4 ℓ
  23. Sound from a shaker 3 ℓ
  24. Broke up 7 ℓ
  25. Symbolic representations 7 ℓ
  26. Not behind 7 ℓ
  27. Hoot 7 ℓ
  28. Back down? 3 ℓ
  29. Not remotely 6 ℓ
  30. What African violets often are 6 ℓ
  31. Spider competitor 5 ℓ
  32. Learned and automatic 4 ℓ
  33. Comes together 4 ℓ
  34. Motivation 3 ℓ
  35. What might say "Property of Mommy" 3 ℓ
  36. Antagonist to Longfellow 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, July 18, 2026 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Rafael Musa. 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.

Newsday SATURDAY STUMPER Crossword July 18 2026 Answers