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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, June 20, 2026 Constructed by Matthew Sewell 70 clues
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Across

  1. NW Mutual's HQ 4 ℓ
  2. First item to be called "crimson" (15th c.) 3 ℓ
  3. First woman in the World Football Hall of Fame (2013) 4 ℓ
  4. It's on the Crossing the Atlantic stamp of 1992 5 ℓ
  5. Vocalist in Elvish languages 4 ℓ
  6. They're more than phases 4 ℓ
  7. About an hour's drive from Park City 5 ℓ
  8. Snail mail and dumb phones 9 ℓ
  9. Honeyed bunch 13 ℓ
  10. Pump kin 6 ℓ
  11. Spike 6 ℓ
  12. Patient assessor 3 ℓ
  13. With plenty of sauce 6 ℓ
  14. Small bug or bud 4 ℓ
  15. Buddhist meditation aids 12 ℓ
  16. On a plane briefly 4 ℓ
  17. Isn't really right 4 ℓ
  18. Penitential text 3 ℓ
  19. Query of the convinced 12 ℓ
  20. 50 mph runner 4 ℓ
  21. Hold off 6 ℓ
  22. The Oresteia character 3 ℓ
  23. Owner of the Bootmobile promotional fleet 6 ℓ
  24. Due for 6 ℓ
  25. Online game-winner "emote" 13 ℓ
  26. Less-than-stately pleasure dome 9 ℓ
  27. First capsule hotel city (1979) 5 ℓ
  28. Pyroprocessing device 4 ℓ
  29. Pupillary zone home 4 ℓ
  30. Three, to an Israeli 5 ℓ
  31. Bovines, per Nash 3 ℓ
  32. Near __ 4 ℓ
  33. Push-or-pull exercise equipment 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Hides quarters? 6 ℓ
  2. Cats finale 3 ℓ
  3. Root for a fall 3 ℓ
  4. Stretch without success 8 ℓ
  5. Madonna inspiration 7 ℓ
  6. Enduring belief 4 ℓ
  7. Sammie of a sort 4 ℓ
  8. More than dislike 9 ℓ
  9. Much of Joan of Arc's Paris statue 5 ℓ
  10. Push back 6 ℓ
  11. "The sky is __ crammed with shadowy fish": Neruda 4 ℓ
  12. Peeps at some concerts 5 ℓ
  13. Practice 8 ℓ
  14. Fast __ 3 ℓ
  15. Quasi-judicial govt. agency 4 ℓ
  16. You're likely to keep tabs on them 4 ℓ
  17. Some summit VIPs 3 ℓ
  18. Byline first in print about 2,500 years ago 5 ℓ
  19. Landing area 5 ℓ
  20. Sanction 5 ℓ
  21. Bites of the Big Apple 9 ℓ
  22. Trashed 8 ℓ
  23. The Howling villains 8 ℓ
  24. Ice breaker 4 ℓ
  25. Knew beginning 3 ℓ
  26. "Seriously, now" 7 ℓ
  27. Main land 4 ℓ
  28. Call over 6 ℓ
  29. Coped with 6 ℓ
  30. Tyson and Brady have guested on his Big Podcast 5 ℓ
  31. Vinaigrette enhancement 5 ℓ
  32. An original domain 3 ℓ
  33. Woman entertaining honorably 4 ℓ
  34. Spoonbill kin 4 ℓ
  35. Check 4 ℓ
  36. Footwear sold by Blizzard 3 ℓ
  37. Whitless? 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, June 20, 2026 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Matthew Sewell. 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 June 20 2026 Answers