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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, June 21, 2025 Constructed by Lester Ruff 70 clues
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Across

  1. Wet-weather wear 8 ℓ
  2. "Pastor to the presidents" 6 ℓ
  3. FDR self-description 5 ℓ
  4. What HI and most of AZ eschew 3 ℓ
  5. Nautical intro 5 ℓ
  6. Overflow (over) 4 ℓ
  7. Drive-thru servings 5 ℓ
  8. Sneaked or clogged? 4 ℓ
  9. Henri's (had) "been" 3 ℓ
  10. Draw on 3 ℓ
  11. Surface to prevent slipping 7 ℓ
  12. When boys can join the Vienna Boys Choir 6 ℓ
  13. Forest Whitaker's ancestry 8 ℓ
  14. Gall 6 ℓ
  15. Archaeogenetics tools 8 ℓ
  16. B-board volunteers 6 ℓ
  17. Chosen one 8 ℓ
  18. Current king of Jordan 8 ℓ
  19. Not full-family fare 6 ℓ
  20. He wrote in the Bastille 8 ℓ
  21. What miscreants might make 6 ℓ
  22. Suffix similar to -ation 3 ℓ
  23. What Mutts and Mittens makes 7 ℓ
  24. Drill sergeant's shout 3 ℓ
  25. Creative genesis 4 ℓ
  26. Sitcom's fellow-shrink 5 ℓ
  27. Zodiaco animal 4 ℓ
  28. One of many written by 17-Across 5 ℓ
  29. Regrettable 3 ℓ
  30. Spring thing 5 ℓ
  31. Bard's kingly cruel kid 5 ℓ
  32. 100 Years of Warner Bros., e.g. 6 ℓ
  33. Experiential extremes 15 ℓ
  34. 2012 novel retelling Othello 5 ℓ
  35. Not a single heavy duty 6 ℓ
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Down

  1. Maraud 6 ℓ
  2. Belle's lidded comforter 8 ℓ
  3. Miles Davis sax collaborator 8 ℓ
  4. Structure in a policing metaphor 8 ℓ
  5. Wore through 3 ℓ
  6. Border collie concern 4 ℓ
  7. Silver and smoke 5 ℓ
  8. Whence certain ponies 15 ℓ
  9. Resistance unit associate 8 ℓ
  10. Word from Latin "not one's own" 5 ℓ
  11. Trap opening 4 ℓ
  12. Regular required expenses 3 ℓ
  13. Highly unlikely volunteers 6 ℓ
  14. "Ere the brave hero rais'd, in these __": Aeneid 6 ℓ
  15. Emulate 3-Down, with "it" 3 ℓ
  16. Pious person 6 ℓ
  17. Photo editor function 6 ℓ
  18. City served by Andersen Airport 6 ℓ
  19. Detour guides 5 ℓ
  20. O'Neill and Applegate attended her Walk of Fame ceremony 5 ℓ
  21. SeatMe app acquirer in 2013 4 ℓ
  22. Head that sounds like a holiday 4 ℓ
  23. What a ringing may result from 3 ℓ
  24. Diminished diversions 3 ℓ
  25. It recognized LOL in 2011 3 ℓ
  26. Corrects, as texts 7 ℓ
  27. Harvest with an annual limit 7 ℓ
  28. Nodding in quantity 5 ℓ
  29. Water Gorky wrote about 5 ℓ
  30. Swell time 3 ℓ
  31. What a border collie will pick up 3 ℓ
  32. Rubber stamp descendants 8 ℓ
  33. Gossip page regulars 8 ℓ
  34. Plane in '45 news 8 ℓ
  35. What almonds are high in 8 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, June 21, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Lester Ruff. 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.

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