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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, May 17, 2025 Constructed by Lester Ruff 72 clues
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Across

  1. Put in stitches 4 ℓ
  2. It got statehood a week before Wyoming 5 ℓ
  3. Digging a lot 4 ℓ
  4. Suburb where Mandela lived 6 ℓ
  5. Orwellian dictator 3 ℓ
  6. Unload for little 4 ℓ
  7. Doughy, cheesy, beefy snack 7 ℓ
  8. Sleeping bag alternative 7 ℓ
  9. Tough choice metaphor 5 ℓ
  10. Presider over a pantheon 4 ℓ
  11. Lines for liquids 3 ℓ
  12. Orchestration alteration 5 ℓ
  13. Got a wider view 9 ℓ
  14. Address with power 5 ℓ
  15. Clean and green 9 ℓ
  16. Cnet.com called them "tiny but pricey" (2012) 5 ℓ
  17. Elucidation intro 4 ℓ
  18. A buck or two or twenty 4 ℓ
  19. The first Harley- Davidson carburetor 9 ℓ
  20. Suddenly soft 5 ℓ
  21. Made-up confirmation question 9 ℓ
  22. Chestnutlike 5 ℓ
  23. "Happy" fellow 5 ℓ
  24. Do it yourself 4 ℓ
  25. Il est ignore dans l'alphabetisation 3 ℓ
  26. Almost not 7 ℓ
  27. Small-print solicitations 7 ℓ
  28. Metal recycling by-product 4 ℓ
  29. Affirmation exclamation 3 ℓ
  30. Coin with a queen and polar bear 6 ℓ
  31. Vines do it 5 ℓ
  32. Unsteady to ride on 5 ℓ
  33. Emulates orcas or beach bums 15 ℓ
  34. Taken for a ride 5 ℓ
  35. Greeting with a necklace 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Flagpoles, for instance 6 ℓ
  2. Tortuous travels 8 ℓ
  3. Trait transfer 8 ℓ
  4. Ovid's "swift maid" 8 ℓ
  5. 20-Across multiple 3 ℓ
  6. On-stage "Thank you" 9 ℓ
  7. Simmering, say 5 ℓ
  8. It's northwest of Albuquerque 4 ℓ
  9. Base barker 3 ℓ
  10. Assigner of SGP to Singapore 3 ℓ
  11. Pilot predicament 6 ℓ
  12. Name related to Emma 6 ℓ
  13. Armani Beauty owner 6 ℓ
  14. "Aussieness" adder in '24 3 ℓ
  15. Minor embellishment 6 ℓ
  16. Was revolting 6 ℓ
  17. Effectively invisible 6 ℓ
  18. Trouble with trivia 6 ℓ
  19. Gnaw on 4 ℓ
  20. Befuddled 5 ℓ
  21. Contrary chorus 4 ℓ
  22. Victim of Bart's prank calls 3 ℓ
  23. Extraction target 3 ℓ
  24. Ending like -ella 3 ℓ
  25. Written words 4 ℓ
  26. Abt. 33, for Big D 3 ℓ
  27. "I wish to tune my quivering __": Byron 4 ℓ
  28. Frustration exclamation 5 ℓ
  29. "Package" purchase 4 ℓ
  30. The Fly in the Soup source 5 ℓ
  31. AI interfaces 9 ℓ
  32. Put forward 5 ℓ
  33. "Jeet __?" (Aussie's "Had dinner?") 4 ℓ
  34. Extremely hardy 8 ℓ
  35. What tops many tissues 8 ℓ
  36. One of the village people 8 ℓ
  37. Vast 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, May 17, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Lester Ruff. 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 17 2025 Answers