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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, March 22, 2025 Constructed by Matthew Sewell 70 clues
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Across

  1. GPS calculations require it 4 ℓ
  2. Raiders run for it 3 ℓ
  3. Passionfruit product 5 ℓ
  4. What schools often monitor 5 ℓ
  5. Advocates for different values 8 ℓ
  6. Reserve for future use 3 ℓ
  7. Marked by glaciation 7 ℓ
  8. Gripped by fear, maybe 10 ℓ
  9. Faint hint 4 ℓ
  10. Medieval clergymen 11 ℓ
  11. Chambre d'__ (spare bedroom) 3 ℓ
  12. Suit spec 3 ℓ
  13. Illustration on Jungle Book covers 5 ℓ
  14. Be a babbler 5 ℓ
  15. "It's Better with the Butterfly" sloganeer (2002) 3 ℓ
  16. "It's my time" 5 ℓ
  17. Cellar dweller 4 ℓ
  18. Tangle or disentangle 5 ℓ
  19. MIT built a machine to twist them (2022) 5 ℓ
  20. Compunction 3 ℓ
  21. "Seems believable" 11 ℓ
  22. Lay off 3 ℓ
  23. Despotic descriptor 10 ℓ
  24. Heavy going around Victorian England 4 ℓ
  25. Go-__ (motor scooter make) 3 ℓ
  26. Delivery people? 7 ℓ
  27. Where to swim in the sea 8 ℓ
  28. Province bordering Verona 5 ℓ
  29. Buck back 4 ℓ
  30. Pleasing to pollsters 6 ℓ
  31. Relative term 3 ℓ
  32. Generation gap in Taylor Swift videos 15 ℓ
  33. One may be ultimately stumped 4 ℓ
  34. Poses for 6 ℓ
  35. 3D communication 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Certain stream, for short 4 ℓ
  2. Conveys ceremonially 5 ℓ
  3. What a ball may be 10 ℓ
  4. Confirmation solicitation 10 ℓ
  5. Course with dessert 3 ℓ
  6. "No offense" phrase 13 ℓ
  7. Metaphorical control 5 ℓ
  8. Hound 4 ℓ
  9. What much ancient vegetation became 4 ℓ
  10. Biodiversity concern 8 ℓ
  11. St. Basil's commissioner 4 ℓ
  12. Boat __ 4 ℓ
  13. Cheek or mouth 3 ℓ
  14. Miller's creation 5 ℓ
  15. Wasn't true 5 ℓ
  16. Mass in motion 5 ℓ
  17. Shortened fringe 4 ℓ
  18. Navajos' foes 4 ℓ
  19. Latest "Queen of Pop" 4 ℓ
  20. Towel tip 4 ℓ
  21. Rival of the Bible 4 ℓ
  22. Its Academy is in VA 3 ℓ
  23. Last verb in "Little Red Riding Hood" 5 ℓ
  24. Auteur's work 13 ℓ
  25. Went underground 3 ℓ
  26. Simple chords in succession 4 ℓ
  27. Cosponsor of a former Fiction Prize with Aer Lingus 10 ℓ
  28. Tibetan for "superior one" 4 ℓ
  29. Derisive symbol substitution for S 10 ℓ
  30. What DiCaprio carries in The Great Gatsby 4 ℓ
  31. Potato product from Poland 5 ℓ
  32. Big business leaders 4 ℓ
  33. A use for intelligence 4 ℓ
  34. Continental divide 8 ℓ
  35. Prename that's a particular pronoun 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, March 22, 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 March 22 2025 Answers