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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, March 8, 2025 Constructed by Matthew Sewell 70 clues
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Across

  1. Japanese game with knights, pawns, and generals 5 ℓ
  2. Green keeper 3 ℓ
  3. Linelike 4 ℓ
  4. Marquee name 9 ℓ
  5. Niche area 4 ℓ
  6. Shortened texts 3 ℓ
  7. Gold standards 6 ℓ
  8. Some adopters 11 ℓ
  9. Subdivision 3 ℓ
  10. Weather pattern seen on TV 11 ℓ
  11. Or alternative 3 ℓ
  12. Name on Milk & Cookies containers 3 ℓ
  13. Brand favored by Annie Leibovitz 5 ℓ
  14. Bank roller 5 ℓ
  15. Any QB throw 3 ℓ
  16. Keep up with the plot 4 ℓ
  17. The Vikings played them 5 ℓ
  18. Players' exultation 5 ℓ
  19. Helpless? 5 ℓ
  20. Hot stuff 3 ℓ
  21. Butter associated with spring 11 ℓ
  22. Keep from streaming 3 ℓ
  23. Extremely fast-paced 11 ℓ
  24. Sistine ceiling illustration 3 ℓ
  25. Hazel's cousin 3 ℓ
  26. They may be done 19-Across 6 ℓ
  27. Cut-off cone confection 4 ℓ
  28. Pictogram on pants or pajamas 9 ℓ
  29. Subject of the media history Down to the Wire 3 ℓ
  30. Sap kin 5 ℓ
  31. Part of the hickory family 5 ℓ
  32. Sting mitigation treatment 15 ℓ
  33. Force unit 3 ℓ
  34. Entanglements metaphor 5 ℓ
  35. Call the whole thing off 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Give and take 4 ℓ
  2. Much-copied poster art 5 ℓ
  3. They'll tell you where to go 10 ℓ
  4. Hamilton, vis-a-vis General Washington 10 ℓ
  5. Metal samples 9 ℓ
  6. Faberge egg covering 6 ℓ
  7. Sushi's surroundings 4 ℓ
  8. Vocal encouragement 4 ℓ
  9. "The gram" 5 ℓ
  10. Calls on 6 ℓ
  11. Minor complaint 4 ℓ
  12. Dieter's address 4 ℓ
  13. Big digs 6 ℓ
  14. Welsh-born couturiere 6 ℓ
  15. Cut out suddenly 5 ℓ
  16. What Malcolm X visited in Mecca 5 ℓ
  17. Day __ 4 ℓ
  18. __ car 4 ℓ
  19. Word in the etymology of "admiral" 4 ℓ
  20. In tribute to 3 ℓ
  21. Sort of spotted 4 ℓ
  22. It may mean "resembling" 4 ℓ
  23. Oral exam excerpts 3 ℓ
  24. It's far from a Ferrari 6 ℓ
  25. "Drive when you want" sloganeer 4 ℓ
  26. Be still 10 ℓ
  27. One easy to set up 4 ℓ
  28. Competitive exchange 10 ℓ
  29. "We shall never be able to see __ themselves": Heisenberg 5 ℓ
  30. Statement's imperative 5 ℓ
  31. What's more 5 ℓ
  32. Its Wikipedia page has a "Notable bell-ringers" section 4 ℓ
  33. December song suggestion 9 ℓ
  34. Armand's equivalent 6 ℓ
  35. Sometime cheer leader 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, March 8, 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 8 2025 Answers