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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, June 7, 2025 Constructed by Matthew Sewell 70 clues
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Across

  1. Temple teacher 5 ℓ
  2. Spice (up) 4 ℓ
  3. Goods for nothing 4 ℓ
  4. Establishment on the water 7 ℓ
  5. 2005 blue Happy Meal toy 4 ℓ
  6. What skiers often leave behind 13 ℓ
  7. Pinnacle metaphor from astronomy 6 ℓ
  8. Bowed to 6 ℓ
  9. On-call VIP 5 ℓ
  10. Prepared for parking, perhaps 9 ℓ
  11. Looks into 4 ℓ
  12. Italian whom Tarantino called "a big influence on me" 5 ℓ
  13. What tanagers take 4 ℓ
  14. Sprinkle about 4 ℓ
  15. Sleuth of youth 4 ℓ
  16. Get somehow 5 ℓ
  17. Wow factor, from French 5 ℓ
  18. Loud, sustained sound 4 ℓ
  19. Temple teacher 4 ℓ
  20. Thick Mexican condiment 5 ℓ
  21. They're unqualified 9 ℓ
  22. Collectively 6 ℓ
  23. Smear source 6 ℓ
  24. Recipients of a trophy with a wand-wielding mouse arm 13 ℓ
  25. Club for drivers 7 ℓ
  26. Hearty agreement 4 ℓ
  27. Absurdist's absentee 5 ℓ
  28. Residential projections 5 ℓ
  29. They're debatable 3 ℓ
  30. Yarn piece 7 ℓ
  31. Thoughts on paper 7 ℓ
  32. Tiger prey with a prehensile nose 5 ℓ
  33. Flare 5 ℓ
  34. Safe place for some 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Informal diversion 3 ℓ
  2. Duelists' gear 5 ℓ
  3. Modernize, perhaps 5 ℓ
  4. What dexterity comes from 5 ℓ
  5. Contributor to chewiness 6 ℓ
  6. Displayed displeasure 8 ℓ
  7. What powers many controllers 3 ℓ
  8. Organic weave 3 ℓ
  9. Whence a fine view of Mount Rainier 11 ℓ
  10. Editor's cant 5 ℓ
  11. Little crawlers 8 ℓ
  12. Harmonized nicely 9 ℓ
  13. 66 feet by a furlong 4 ℓ
  14. "For truly as thou __...": Tennyson 6 ℓ
  15. Take slowly 3 ℓ
  16. Year-end stoop deliveries 5 ℓ
  17. Upended prybar 5 ℓ
  18. Loose Muslim robe 5 ℓ
  19. Cardinals' double picks in 1978 5 ℓ
  20. Very big stretches 4 ℓ
  21. Welcome center 3 ℓ
  22. Oto Forum attendee 3 ℓ
  23. Passing through 3 ℓ
  24. Brick Blog list element 7 ℓ
  25. Her first husband (1956-1962) was a Japanese composer 3 ℓ
  26. For word 3 ℓ
  27. Voluptuary's way 11 ℓ
  28. Barrel-__ 4 ℓ
  29. Have a low profile 4 ℓ
  30. Sort-of-antonym of "drenched" 7 ℓ
  31. Sponged off 9 ℓ
  32. Cricket 4 ℓ
  33. Energetic 4 ℓ
  34. Part of many a bachelor's background 8 ℓ
  35. Moderate 8 ℓ
  36. Swimmer with 100+ vertebrae 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, June 7, 2025 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 7 2025 Answers