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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, March 7, 2026 Constructed by Matthew Sewell 68 clues
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Across

  1. Fed. agency declining to affix a P (in '92) 3 ℓ
  2. Eastern terminus connected by the Golden Spike 5 ℓ
  3. Puccini pairing 4 ℓ
  4. Photovoltaic system component 14 ℓ
  5. -ify kin 4 ℓ
  6. Standard of living 5 ℓ
  7. North Pole, NY theme park 14 ℓ
  8. Hitch 4 ℓ
  9. Big Apple area named for its Colonial calcium carbonate deposits 10 ℓ
  10. Breadless Subway footlong of 2025 4 ℓ
  11. Standing challenge 5 ℓ
  12. Swift group than ran more than three hours, not long ago 4 ℓ
  13. What Franklin claimed teaches foresight and caution 5 ℓ
  14. Hops on the band wagon? 4 ℓ
  15. Surfer's selection 3 ℓ
  16. String __ 4 ℓ
  17. Table read 4 ℓ
  18. About to boil 5 ℓ
  19. See 13-Down 4 ℓ
  20. Go down in history, say 10 ℓ
  21. Flight plans? 14 ℓ
  22. Peak travel destination 5 ℓ
  23. Relish from Ireland 4 ℓ
  24. "Get out of here!" 14 ℓ
  25. Rural dam 3 ℓ
  26. What Jazz Moderne became 4 ℓ
  27. Apps, for instance 6 ℓ
  28. Snakish intrusion 4 ℓ
  29. Employer of the Deep Undercover author 3 ℓ
  30. Base 7 4 ℓ
  31. Meh 3 ℓ
  32. Is bound to 4 ℓ
  33. Practice figure 6 ℓ
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Down

  1. Pivotal point 4 ℓ
  2. cc, e.g. 3 ℓ
  3. Oft-stitched assignment 4 ℓ
  4. Prevalent emollient 4 ℓ
  5. Readying to go on stage 8 ℓ
  6. Greek salad staple 7 ℓ
  7. Tickled 6 ℓ
  8. "All Things Beauty, All in One Place" sloganeer 4 ℓ
  9. Game stop 8 ℓ
  10. Put up 7 ℓ
  11. Machine with a water fall bucket 6 ℓ
  12. Movement's softening 10 ℓ
  13. Confer 6 ℓ
  14. Knocked off 6 ℓ
  15. What 30+ Oxonians became 3 ℓ
  16. So to speak? 4 ℓ
  17. Carried on 4 ℓ
  18. Washington post 4 ℓ
  19. Executive in the etymology of "exchequer" 4 ℓ
  20. Global match maker 3 ℓ
  21. With 16-Across, something to get over 3 ℓ
  22. Thing of the past 5 ℓ
  23. Scrambled 4 ℓ
  24. Celeste, shortly 5 ℓ
  25. Courteous double-contraction 4 ℓ
  26. Minor sore spots 5 ℓ
  27. What authority figures 5 ℓ
  28. Simpsons minion 10 ℓ
  29. Brief out takes? 4 ℓ
  30. What mice and elevators are 8 ℓ
  31. Pair of psychic pseudonyms 8 ℓ
  32. Long-running fundraiser 4 ℓ
  33. Platforms for "licorice pizza" 7 ℓ
  34. Frequent ray-catchers 5 ℓ
  35. Furniture movers 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, March 7, 2026 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Matthew Sewell. 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 March 7 2026 Answers