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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, May 23, 2026 Constructed by Kate Chin Park 72 clues
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Across

  1. Develop a crush? 9 ℓ
  2. Pitiful amount 5 ℓ
  3. Broad-minded approach 9 ℓ
  4. Early SCTV breakout star 5 ℓ
  5. Collaborative cloud creation 9 ℓ
  6. Mixing console's control 5 ℓ
  7. Bubblegum kin 7 ℓ
  8. Big thing in a hole 3 ℓ
  9. Small thing in a hole 3 ℓ
  10. Venerable figure skating move 7 ℓ
  11. "Loaded" appetizer offerings 4 ℓ
  12. Tabloid nickname of the '80s 6 ℓ
  13. Unfortunate admission 5 ℓ
  14. Five-ton hunter 4 ℓ
  15. Where rushing is encouraged 4 ℓ
  16. Range from the Tatar for "ridge" 4 ℓ
  17. Erstwhile home for a paper tiger 15 ℓ
  18. Commencement wear usually bought 4 ℓ
  19. Final word that sounds dishy? 4 ℓ
  20. Duo multiple 4 ℓ
  21. Upper chamber 5 ℓ
  22. Let out 6 ℓ
  23. On sale at the moment 7 ℓ
  24. Rush order 4 ℓ
  25. Receptivity metaphor 3 ℓ
  26. Dry __ 3 ℓ
  27. Matter of opinion 7 ℓ
  28. Common Tupperware contents 5 ℓ
  29. Be sporadic 9 ℓ
  30. Be what you're not 5 ℓ
  31. Alpine neighbors 9 ℓ
  32. Whom a Congressional Caucus has advocated for since 2021 5 ℓ
  33. Commute communally 9 ℓ
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Down

  1. Vast 4 ℓ
  2. Public works 5 ℓ
  3. Endure no longer 5 ℓ
  4. Subject of the Tune In Yesterday encyclopedia 5 ℓ
  5. Bit of kid lit 11 ℓ
  6. G, frequently 4 ℓ
  7. A maize-ing creation 9 ℓ
  8. Posse, essentially 5 ℓ
  9. Conclusion of many scheduled deliveries 8 ℓ
  10. Worked, as much wood 6 ℓ
  11. __ line 3 ℓ
  12. Pretreatment target 4 ℓ
  13. Cable transmission medium 4 ℓ
  14. In the bargain 3 ℓ
  15. "Visionary artist" with her first SoCal solo exhibition, in 2026 3 ℓ
  16. Big name in confessional poetry 11 ℓ
  17. What brieandbaskets.com curates 7 ℓ
  18. One of Les douze Apotres 3 ℓ
  19. "Water" now mostly desert 4 ℓ
  20. End of many Scottish town names 4 ℓ
  21. Destination near OAK 3 ℓ
  22. Rodin's thinker 4 ℓ
  23. Metaphorical ropes 4 ℓ
  24. The Winton Bullet (1902) was an early one 9 ℓ
  25. Follower's following 3 ℓ
  26. This is our era 8 ℓ
  27. Gendered issue 3 ℓ
  28. It's in much stained glass 3 ℓ
  29. Multiplicity metaphor 6 ℓ
  30. Like a heat 5 ℓ
  31. Trouble-free 5 ℓ
  32. Traditional supporters of choirs 5 ℓ
  33. "You're preaching to the choir" 5 ℓ
  34. It's in much stained glass 4 ℓ
  35. Teen suffix for screen 4 ℓ
  36. Assumed name, essentially 4 ℓ
  37. What an Eliot novel isn't about 4 ℓ
  38. Bubble Bath beauty brand 3 ℓ
  39. Partner in the Human Genome Project 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, May 23, 2026 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Kate Chin Park. 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 23 2026 Answers