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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, July 4, 2026 Constructed by S.N. 72 clues
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Across

  1. Guru 6 ℓ
  2. Not outrageous 8 ℓ
  3. Run out 6 ℓ
  4. Mouse pad material 8 ℓ
  5. Tennis racket snap-on accessory 8 ℓ
  6. Most orchids sold now 6 ℓ
  7. Certain chart toppers 4 ℓ
  8. Letters on some sweaters 6 ℓ
  9. What VP Cheney once ran 3 ℓ
  10. Jack's edible partner 3 ℓ
  11. Unfolded 4 ℓ
  12. Messed up 5 ℓ
  13. Caribou comestible 6 ℓ
  14. Lacking luster 5 ℓ
  15. Cuisine with chili paste 6 ℓ
  16. Wine lover of myth 4 ℓ
  17. Arson investigator 3 ℓ
  18. Timely tablet reading 15 ℓ
  19. Stands for something 6 ℓ
  20. Significant stretches 4 ℓ
  21. Oldest First Son c. 1905 3 ℓ
  22. Immobilized, in a way 5 ℓ
  23. Cameras, to eyes 6 ℓ
  24. Quirky behavior 4 ℓ
  25. 3M helmets et al. 3 ℓ
  26. Slit of a sort 5 ℓ
  27. Bear beginning 4 ℓ
  28. Word from the Latin for "hardness" 6 ℓ
  29. Any craft 3 ℓ
  30. Trademark of Dreamwell, Ltd. 8 ℓ
  31. Peroxide target 6 ℓ
  32. Crispy option for tropical fruit salads 8 ℓ
  33. Verb kin to "etui" 6 ℓ
  34. Venerable VSOP 8 ℓ
  35. What you'd expect favorites to be 6 ℓ
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Down

  1. Get organized 6 ℓ
  2. Updated square 4 ℓ
  3. B to B, e.g. 9 ℓ
  4. Start chatting, sometimes 9 ℓ
  5. Alphabetic homophone 3 ℓ
  6. Image Award recipient for House 4 ℓ
  7. What DC is 5 ℓ
  8. Top global-gross film of 1996 15 ℓ
  9. Leftovers 4 ℓ
  10. "Borne hither, __ all eludes me": Whitman 3 ℓ
  11. Strands for showing off 6 ℓ
  12. Spy, so to speak 5 ℓ
  13. Doorknobs' spindles, essentially 5 ℓ
  14. Bali, for yogis 5 ℓ
  15. Worthy of a z-list? 5 ℓ
  16. Inspiration for Alda's Pierce portrayal 4 ℓ
  17. Conveniently connected 6 ℓ
  18. Hoopsters whose first logo ('70s) had a caped swashbuckler 4 ℓ
  19. Canadian Cold Shots brand 6 ℓ
  20. It's served up to eat 4 ℓ
  21. Cheese lover (and mixed-up tulip hero) 9 ℓ
  22. About 4 BTUs 4 ℓ
  23. At variance (with) 4 ℓ
  24. Betrayed 9 ℓ
  25. "It's like this..." 4 ℓ
  26. Not at all nice 5 ℓ
  27. HBO, NBC, etc. 6 ℓ
  28. Walk, in legalese 6 ℓ
  29. Hauled off 5 ℓ
  30. Spellbound 5 ℓ
  31. Drive batty 5 ℓ
  32. What sustainable Scott rolls lack 5 ℓ
  33. Box __ 4 ℓ
  34. Last to be viewed in 2001 4 ℓ
  35. Old-time autocrat 4 ℓ
  36. Odic "indeed" 3 ℓ
  37. Grab a lot 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, July 4, 2026 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by S.N.. 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 July 4 2026 Answers