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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, May 16, 2026 Constructed by David P. Williams 72 clues
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Across

  1. Source for "kiwi" 5 ℓ
  2. Person who's short and lacks credit 4 ℓ
  3. Be a bounder 4 ℓ
  4. Back up announcement 5 ℓ
  5. Alberto, to amigos 4 ℓ
  6. Moniker for those with no id 4 ℓ
  7. Painted by number 10 ℓ
  8. Particular people 4 ℓ
  9. Misdirection metaphor 15 ℓ
  10. Flatter, perhaps 3 ℓ
  11. Sporty Swedish models of the '60s 5 ℓ
  12. Coke and Sprite, to Coca-Cola 8 ℓ
  13. Network interface 5 ℓ
  14. Gas __ 3 ℓ
  15. Word on Iran's flag 5 ℓ
  16. Gaming concern 5 ℓ
  17. Rotation unit 4 ℓ
  18. Younger man of Tacitus' time 5 ℓ
  19. Questionable action? 4 ℓ
  20. Reason to get hitched 3 ℓ
  21. Cell starter 5 ℓ
  22. Faerie Queene excerpt 5 ℓ
  23. The heel of Arabia 5 ℓ
  24. Help to be heroic 8 ℓ
  25. What talks need to be heard 3 ℓ
  26. Semolina with the sound of a Southeastern school city 5 ℓ
  27. Person who grew up on the Oregon Trail 15 ℓ
  28. Coop group 4 ℓ
  29. Non-nutritive food for thought 10 ℓ
  30. Call of the wild 4 ℓ
  31. Big name in Rationalism and Mind-Body Dualism 4 ℓ
  32. Animal with a "water" etymology 5 ℓ
  33. Fully from the start 4 ℓ
  34. Grows, with "to" 4 ℓ
  35. Whom Cooper based Bumppo on 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Miniaturized hearing aids 4 ℓ
  2. Sad ending 4 ℓ
  3. Big sports bet 4 ℓ
  4. Small time piece 10 ℓ
  5. Aww-ful assessment 6 ℓ
  6. Where people work on their feet 8 ℓ
  7. They come with an agenda 5 ℓ
  8. Delay, delay, delay 9 ℓ
  9. Graspable 7 ℓ
  10. Game piece that was a chariot long ago 4 ℓ
  11. City that thanks London with an annual Christmas tree 4 ℓ
  12. Half the alphabet 4 ℓ
  13. He looted "three ships from Spain" in his "Ballad" 4 ℓ
  14. Banjo bar 4 ℓ
  15. Best Score Oscar nominee name for Gandhi 4 ℓ
  16. Drop a line 4 ℓ
  17. Product of fusion 5 ℓ
  18. Detained, by definition 10 ℓ
  19. Hair piece 3 ℓ
  20. Rural footpath access 5 ℓ
  21. Seasonal concern? 5 ℓ
  22. Tavern's light reading 4 ℓ
  23. They're quirky 9 ℓ
  24. Shadow in the sky 8 ℓ
  25. Lap up 3 ℓ
  26. Titel fur Manner 4 ℓ
  27. Inner ear 7 ℓ
  28. Literally, "little mush" 6 ℓ
  29. Panamanian well 4 ℓ
  30. In a tangle 5 ℓ
  31. "I wish to tune my quivering __": Byron 4 ℓ
  32. Gulf between two continents 4 ℓ
  33. Eating up 4 ℓ
  34. Medal awarder "in service of peace and freedom" 4 ℓ
  35. Hit the dirt 4 ℓ
  36. Impend 4 ℓ
  37. Additional hearing 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, May 16, 2026 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by David P. Williams. The puzzle features 72 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 May 16 2026 Answers