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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, May 3, 2025 Constructed by Anna Stiga 72 clues
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Across

  1. Picasso contemporary 8 ℓ
  2. User of all the black keys 6 ℓ
  3. Indian Ocean archipelago 8 ℓ
  4. Dickinson's "The Heart __ Pleasure First" 4 ℓ
  5. What Air Line Pilots was once part of 3 ℓ
  6. Strangely singular 3 ℓ
  7. Encoded E 3 ℓ
  8. Bath water source of yore 8 ℓ
  9. Showed up unannounced 6 ℓ
  10. Spacecraft problem 6 ℓ
  11. Synthpop, for instance 8 ℓ
  12. Sprinkling 6 ℓ
  13. Hacker inspired by Long stocking 8 ℓ
  14. Word from Greek for "thing in the air" 6 ℓ
  15. Limits a lot 8 ℓ
  16. Left to you 8 ℓ
  17. One with 99% of your DNA 6 ℓ
  18. Salt shaker 8 ℓ
  19. Don't quit 6 ℓ
  20. They come between start and finish dates 8 ℓ
  21. Greenhouse's growing-season extender 6 ℓ
  22. Noncompete cause 3 ℓ
  23. Brand name "tight seal" 3 ℓ
  24. Operation Phone Home operator 3 ℓ
  25. Fall semifinal 4 ℓ
  26. Part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area 8 ℓ
  27. "So there!" 3 ℓ
  28. Show off in 5 ℓ
  29. Flows through fissures 5 ℓ
  30. Boil over 5 ℓ
  31. Turns aside 5 ℓ
  32. Many a rugged ride 3 ℓ
  33. Decline in integrity 3 ℓ
  34. Sends forth 5 ℓ
  35. Only remaining automaker of rotary engines 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Name near Clara on Western maps 4 ℓ
  2. Recurring-melody movement 5 ℓ
  3. Beethoven's Fifth duo 5 ℓ
  4. Handshakers' surprises 10 ℓ
  5. Med imagers course 4 ℓ
  6. Race for hogs 9 ℓ
  7. They're round in rounds 6 ℓ
  8. Chorus of a sort 4 ℓ
  9. Don't leave leaves 4 ℓ
  10. Stacked up 7 ℓ
  11. Far from forward 5 ℓ
  12. Saudi women's wear 6 ℓ
  13. Very little 4 ℓ
  14. Unsettled 4 ℓ
  15. Caustic comeback 6 ℓ
  16. Sum thing 6 ℓ
  17. Mary Cassatt mentor 5 ℓ
  18. Circus hoop hazard 5 ℓ
  19. Void cited by Shelley 5 ℓ
  20. Sand eel eater 4 ℓ
  21. Support group 4 ℓ
  22. Disentangle 4 ℓ
  23. Ampere's pier 4 ℓ
  24. Short helper in gas stations 4 ℓ
  25. Far-reaching 4 ℓ
  26. A Swedish ferry destination 6 ℓ
  27. Snap 6 ℓ
  28. Audible nudge 4 ℓ
  29. Book subtitled "The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago" 4 ℓ
  30. Dickensian architect apprentice 10 ℓ
  31. Minimal muffin 5 ℓ
  32. Tom Wolfe calls it "shorthand for Shepard's triumph" 3 ℓ
  33. Abbreviated acclaim 9 ℓ
  34. Capturer of Han and Luke 4 ℓ
  35. Former fleet fleet 4 ℓ
  36. Term first used for the Apple Newton (1992) 3 ℓ
  37. Extra effort 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, May 3, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Anna Stiga. 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 3 2025 Answers