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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, July 5, 2025 Constructed by Lester Ruff 72 clues
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Across

  1. Choir director's direction 5 ℓ
  2. "Work hard" antonym 9 ℓ
  3. The FDIC covers them 3 ℓ
  4. Y2K follower 3 ℓ
  5. Plane measurement 4 ℓ
  6. Spray array 5 ℓ
  7. Miss 4 ℓ
  8. Durable, long-fiber fabric 4 ℓ
  9. Title like san 3 ℓ
  10. Bodybuilding's annual __ Sports Festival 6 ℓ
  11. Bleu hue 4 ℓ
  12. "Have some more Spam" song 5 ℓ
  13. Rico Tubbs in the Miami Vice movie 9 ℓ
  14. "Show me!" 9 ℓ
  15. Greenvelope competitor 5 ℓ
  16. Sort of shift 9 ℓ
  17. Office appointments 5 ℓ
  18. Strong suit 5 ℓ
  19. Something someone said 9 ℓ
  20. Kiribati's closest neighbor 5 ℓ
  21. Apricot or peach potations 9 ℓ
  22. Drill instructor, often 3 ℓ
  23. Be banded no more? 6 ℓ
  24. "It __ no fairy tale" (Boyz n the Hood poster line) 4 ℓ
  25. Papyrus, for instance 4 ℓ
  26. Condiment made from quinoa 4 ℓ
  27. Mustard kin 5 ℓ
  28. Source of the Cyrillic X 3 ℓ
  29. Name on the cover of Just Wait Until You Have Children of Your Own 4 ℓ
  30. Siren activator 3 ℓ
  31. Instancia especifica 7 ℓ
  32. Put highlights on 7 ℓ
  33. Onetime Sprint ticker symbol 3 ℓ
  34. Antiquarian, alternatively 3 ℓ
  35. Counselor concern 3 ℓ
  36. The Meaning of Everything subject 3 ℓ
  37. Finally free 7 ℓ
  38. Embed 7 ℓ
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Down

  1. Home aquarium purchases 9 ℓ
  2. Doctor's order 5 ℓ
  3. Pop __ 5 ℓ
  4. Tether opposite 5 ℓ
  5. Southwest Asians 7 ℓ
  6. Numero di tenori who toured 3 ℓ
  7. Finnish equivalent of Eric 4 ℓ
  8. Medieval __-Byzantine art 5 ℓ
  9. Best possible 6 ℓ
  10. Disney toon with gargoyle pal Hugo 9 ℓ
  11. Doctor's order 4 ℓ
  12. Negative "also" 3 ℓ
  13. Diversionary tactics? 9 ℓ
  14. Quirky grocery guy 9 ℓ
  15. Misses with boldness 6 ℓ
  16. Ali (1972) and Tyson (2022), religiously 5 ℓ
  17. Bernstein's '60s assistant 5 ℓ
  18. Novel products 5 ℓ
  19. Poison oak cousin 5 ℓ
  20. Exploit 4 ℓ
  21. "When the warrior returns, from the battle __" (F.S. Key line) 4 ℓ
  22. __ product 3 ℓ
  23. Official USPS abbreviation 3 ℓ
  24. Flipped, fluffed fare 7 ℓ
  25. Moat controller 3 ℓ
  26. Lab-__ (designer dogs) 5 ℓ
  27. What the optic nerve is 7 ℓ
  28. Offerer of Skinspiration advice 5 ℓ
  29. Throws off 9 ℓ
  30. Well-suited for vacationers 9 ℓ
  31. City north of Berkeley on I-80 9 ℓ
  32. About 21 pints 9 ℓ
  33. Diamond movement 3 ℓ
  34. Sports spot with oval corners 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, July 5, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Lester Ruff. 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 5 2025 Answers