SATURDAY STUMPER
Across
- What many are served on their dishes
- Eclipse
- Pot filler
- Threw on any old coat
- Any of many painted by Degas
- Sweet nothings?
- Profession's position
- Corset descendants
- Premium
- Rank and file, say
- You can count on it
- Source of extra interest
- Elevator alias
- Windows entry point designation
- Sticking point
- Amt. often rounded
- Academy award recipient
- More than maintained
- Formal introduction
- Oral resignation
- Distinctly different
- Quad structures
- Czarism follower
- Address book contents
- Name in the etymology of "thunder"
- Sudden expiration
- Small sneaker
- Take away?
- "Doom is all around thee like __": Aeschylus
- Line outside a bar
- Exclusive stop for some cruise lines
- Be overburdened
- Comparison connector
Down
- Piano players
- Medieval foe of Genoa
- "The Astronomer-Poet of Persia"
- Cut out to be put on
- Water graced by a papal coat of arms
- Egg beater, essentially
- Amiss admission
- ISP option
- Far out
- Maladroit move
- Significant period preceder
- Homeboys
- ID acquirers
- ATM output
- What the Marines' motto is
- Knife sharpener
- Goes around and around
- Say no more
- Humbug
- Noncontroversial
- Speak ill of, these days
- Symbol of Big Apple baseball
- Exchanges words, say
- Neighbored in a nitery
- Avoid sounding like a 25-Across?
- Hamburger single
- Spring celebration hosted in Hindu halls
- Letter followed by two rhymes
- Seller of statement rings, bedroom neon signs, etc.
- Small circle stuff
- Citation abbreviation
- Height left by erosion
- Impatient irritation
- As bidden by
- Taken together
- He's on the state capital list
- Any of Hasbro's furReal Friends
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, May 10, 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.