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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, June 14, 2025 Constructed by Lars G. Doubleday 68 clues
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Across

  1. They clear the cobwebs 8 ℓ
  2. Sporting unseating 5 ℓ
  3. Tamale holders 5 ℓ
  4. Inflated account 4 ℓ
  5. Follow closely 3 ℓ
  6. Supts.' concerns 4 ℓ
  7. Decorative bedding 5 ℓ
  8. Decantation sound 4 ℓ
  9. Tartar sauce tidbit 5 ℓ
  10. Up in the air, for short 3 ℓ
  11. Stevenson epithet for Hyde 5 ℓ
  12. "Distinguished and de luxe" newsstand debut of 1930 15 ℓ
  13. Literary thriftiness 15 ℓ
  14. Stores like Tupperware 5 ℓ
  15. Expats, often 8 ℓ
  16. Currently deprioritized 15 ℓ
  17. Long-term irritant 15 ℓ
  18. Had regard 5 ℓ
  19. Try to heal 5 ℓ
  20. Utilizing 3 ℓ
  21. "My fault" 4 ℓ
  22. Cottonwood kin 5 ℓ
  23. Book deals 4 ℓ
  24. Givers of exams 3 ℓ
  25. Where Keawakapu Beach is 4 ℓ
  26. On-screen "Super" man 5 ℓ
  27. "Don't ask me again!" 6 ℓ
  28. Hollywood icon whom Johnny (nearly uniquely) visited in his Tonight Show dressing room 5 ℓ
  29. Shapes into impressive shapes 6 ℓ
  30. Jacob's eldest 6 ℓ
  31. Calligraphy mishaps 6 ℓ
  32. Encircled 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Book bought by Barnes & Noble 6 ℓ
  2. Extreme disobedience 7 ℓ
  3. Extreme disobedience 8 ℓ
  4. Macrocosm 8 ℓ
  5. Spots for scrubs 3 ℓ
  6. Rectitudinous 4 ℓ
  7. Myth-fitting riser as Orion sets 7 ℓ
  8. Attire first allowed on the Senate floor in the 1990s 9 ℓ
  9. Band with Japanese CDs 3 ℓ
  10. Save from the rag bag 4 ℓ
  11. Small diamond 5 ℓ
  12. Attacks in haste 6 ℓ
  13. Melodramatic release 6 ℓ
  14. Appropriate rhyme for "Liechtenstein" 6 ℓ
  15. He's heard in Mambo Kings 6 ℓ
  16. Way to go 6 ℓ
  17. They're not right 4 ℓ
  18. Nicely named antifreeze brand 4 ℓ
  19. Crystal __ 5 ℓ
  20. "Faux" fashions 4 ℓ
  21. PJ top 4 ℓ
  22. Singaporean celebration 3 ℓ
  23. Trick or take 3 ℓ
  24. Brace place 4 ℓ
  25. __ soup 4 ℓ
  26. Bimonthly with 40+ million readership (2024) 4 ℓ
  27. Cactus array 5 ℓ
  28. Becomes inseparable 5 ℓ
  29. "To __ a mischief that is past and gone...": Othello 5 ℓ
  30. Defeats easily, in sports headlines 5 ℓ
  31. Slumber party gabfest fodder 9 ℓ
  32. Close kin of creme patissiere 8 ℓ
  33. Stock market purchase 8 ℓ
  34. Drum set? 4 ℓ
  35. It borders eastern India 7 ℓ
  36. "Whee!" 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, June 14, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Lars G. Doubleday. 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 June 14 2025 Answers