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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, May 31, 2025 Constructed by S.N. 66 clues
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Across

  1. Where locks are picked 8 ℓ
  2. 9 North African citadel 6 ℓ
  3. 37 Poe culprit 5 ℓ
  4. 38 Ergs, dynes, etc. 9 ℓ
  5. 45 "Terrible swift sword" user 4 ℓ
  6. 44 Unsupported assertion 5 ℓ
  7. 43 It's northeast of Sacramento on I-80 4 ℓ
  8. 48 Valueless? 6 ℓ
  9. 46 Connecting 7 ℓ
  10. 50 Attain great achievement 6 ℓ
  11. 51 Maltese cross candidate 8 ℓ
  12. 53 Was misty 6 ℓ
  13. 54 When pros don't play 8 ℓ
  14. 55 Disaster in Dearborn subjects 6 ℓ
  15. 56 Throws off 8 ℓ
  16. 15 Talent scout's rave 8 ℓ
  17. 16 Mutated gene 6 ℓ
  18. 17 Plan on it 8 ℓ
  19. 18 Valencian frypan, or a meal cooked in it 6 ℓ
  20. 19 Capote contemporary 6 ℓ
  21. 20 Was threatening 7 ℓ
  22. 21 Sheik's peer 4 ℓ
  23. 22 Carried on 5 ℓ
  24. 25 Coffee cup holder 4 ℓ
  25. 26 Upped the pressure on 9 ℓ
  26. 28 Disney doggie daddy 5 ℓ
  27. 29 Carroll's Alice... self-depiction 4 ℓ
  28. 30 Spat's close relative 6 ℓ
  29. 31 BBC's home, as often announced 13 ℓ
  30. 36 Bamboo kin 4 ℓ
  31. 35 Sheik's "Peace" 6 ℓ
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Down

  1. Didn't dash off 6 ℓ
  2. Betake yourself towards 7 ℓ
  3. Mold spores, to many 8 ℓ
  4. Flowing operatic interpretation 8 ℓ
  5. Creep 8 ℓ
  6. He's into financial analysis 4 ℓ
  7. Turned out like Sherlock 5 ℓ
  8. Cal Poly U. city 3 ℓ
  9. Too slick 3 ℓ
  10. Detachable document 9 ℓ
  11. Wild bunch 4 ℓ
  12. Stock options 6 ℓ
  13. Any of a country music trio 6 ℓ
  14. Titularly 6 ℓ
  15. Know how to 3 ℓ
  16. First in episodic drama creation 6 ℓ
  17. Attempted to unwrap 6 ℓ
  18. Tech scraps 6 ℓ
  19. Messy scraps 6 ℓ
  20. Origin metaphor 5 ℓ
  21. Far from megalo- 4 ℓ
  22. It's on the Motorcycle Hall of Fame roster 4 ℓ
  23. __ la manana (in the morning) 3 ℓ
  24. Lake chlorophyll monitor 3 ℓ
  25. __ tech 3 ℓ
  26. It's on John's Tony 4 ℓ
  27. Rock band's discipline 7 ℓ
  28. MyFamily Rainbow Bone, e.g. 5 ℓ
  29. American Violet Society specimen 5 ℓ
  30. Paid too much 9 ℓ
  31. "A __ to stray in dreams of love": Flaubert 4 ℓ
  32. Sped rashly 8 ℓ
  33. Korean compacts 8 ℓ
  34. Molecular-scale superconductor 8 ℓ
  35. Compound in supermarket soups and sauces 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, May 31, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by S.N.. The puzzle features 66 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 31 2025 Answers