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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, November 14, 2026 Constructed by Joe DiPietro 72 clues
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Across

  1. Numbers of links 4 ℓ
  2. Jack's alias 5 ℓ
  3. "I'd like to sink my claws into them!" 4 ℓ
  4. First-issue follower 4 ℓ
  5. Cream kin 4 ℓ
  6. Filled even more 5 ℓ
  7. Expressed 4 ℓ
  8. Phys-ed game where only the goalie stands 10 ℓ
  9. Much too late or too early 12 ℓ
  10. Dark brown to light beige 4 ℓ
  11. Essential 3 ℓ
  12. Sends an ETA, say 5 ℓ
  13. Escort, so to speak 3 ℓ
  14. Lunglike 5 ℓ
  15. Share goodwill 13 ℓ
  16. Manual-powered vessel 13 ℓ
  17. Shorts may be viewed in it 13 ℓ
  18. Solon's cruel contemporary 5 ℓ
  19. Name adopted by Ben Solo 3 ℓ
  20. Tributary source 5 ℓ
  21. "What Can Brown Do for You?" sloganeer 3 ℓ
  22. Builders' backing 4 ℓ
  23. Hacker's power button 12 ℓ
  24. She's into gangsta rap 4 ℓ
  25. What Pooh keeps close 10 ℓ
  26. Concocts 5 ℓ
  27. Fighters' group 4 ℓ
  28. Word from Old Irish for "offspring" 4 ℓ
  29. Shot starter 5 ℓ
  30. Brave 4 ℓ
  31. Push hard 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Owner of Stroh's and Schlitz 5 ℓ
  2. Trip up 3 ℓ
  3. Center of gravity 3 ℓ
  4. Chargers run in it 3 ℓ
  5. Redford companion in A Walk in the Woods 9 ℓ
  6. Disney turned down his Disneyland proposal (1955) 4 ℓ
  7. Belarus buck 5 ℓ
  8. Destruction 5 ℓ
  9. Baso- opposite 4 ℓ
  10. It may be rubber-stamped 4 ℓ
  11. Went out? 5 ℓ
  12. Back again 5 ℓ
  13. Ease 5 ℓ
  14. Petroleum replacement for some tires 3 ℓ
  15. "You got that right!" 7 ℓ
  16. "Wars more evil, __ all wars cease": Chesterton 3 ℓ
  17. Not an Alamo defender's nickname 4 ℓ
  18. Axle securer 5 ℓ
  19. Forward-thinking one 4 ℓ
  20. What late-added hops help make IPAs 4 ℓ
  21. Clue in on 7 ℓ
  22. Swindle 4 ℓ
  23. Zip 5 ℓ
  24. A lift 4 ℓ
  25. Spiker's temptation 9 ℓ
  26. Ball's rookie 3 ℓ
  27. Name on cobbler boxes 4 ℓ
  28. Lipid panel letters 3 ℓ
  29. Toss 5 ℓ
  30. Title replaced by baron 5 ℓ
  31. It looks like it could kick 5 ℓ
  32. Toss 5 ℓ
  33. Supercilious 5 ℓ
  34. "That's not the best you can do" 3 ℓ
  35. What loons lack 5 ℓ
  36. "Then..." 4 ℓ
  37. Unpersuadable (to) 4 ℓ
  38. Resident Alien airer 4 ℓ
  39. Meal with Peter Pan 3 ℓ
  40. __ no. 3 ℓ
  41. Asset of mine? 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, November 14, 2026 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Joe DiPietro. 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 November 14 2026 Answers