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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, November 15, 2025 Constructed by David P. Williams 70 clues
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Across

  1. Take a glance 5 ℓ
  2. "Cool" that's cool again 3 ℓ
  3. Parking place of a sort 4 ℓ
  4. Pithy pair 13 ℓ
  5. Common allergen 7 ℓ
  6. Launch party 4 ℓ
  7. Paper from Montreal or Martha's Vineyard 7 ℓ
  8. Delinquent 6 ℓ
  9. Forges with great effort 10 ℓ
  10. What a force responds to 4 ℓ
  11. Orange peel portion 4 ℓ
  12. Name on 26 (!) Oscars 4 ℓ
  13. La Eiffel __ di Parigi 5 ℓ
  14. Liquid that makes pretzels chewy 3 ℓ
  15. Hoopsters with a "burst" logo element 4 ℓ
  16. Highbrow 5 ℓ
  17. Avocado is its alternative for high-heat cooking 5 ℓ
  18. #2 singles, #1 doubles name (as of mid-'25) 4 ℓ
  19. What a trailer may pick up 4 ℓ
  20. Greater good? 10 ℓ
  21. Team builder 4 ℓ
  22. Spread of very varied opinions 7 ℓ
  23. Naturally attractive 6 ℓ
  24. Petrological edible 4 ℓ
  25. Starting place 7 ℓ
  26. Triangular treats 13 ℓ
  27. Coming up 5 ℓ
  28. Audubon Society emblem 5 ℓ
  29. Focus of a revolutionary movement 3 ℓ
  30. Obsolescence metaphor 4 ℓ
  31. Recorder kin 5 ℓ
  32. Frequent Biblical preceder of "unto you" 4 ℓ
  33. Alternative to The Governator 5 ℓ
  34. Temper, in a good way 5 ℓ
  35. La gallina de __ huevos de oro 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. IPO beneficiaries 3 ℓ
  2. Widely used plywood source 5 ℓ
  3. Gold-filled 5 ℓ
  4. Surname of TV Guide's #2 of its 50 best cartoons (2013) 10 ℓ
  5. Sedans from Stuttgart 8 ℓ
  6. __ milk 3 ℓ
  7. Bound around 4 ℓ
  8. Talk derived from a nautical water cask 11 ℓ
  9. Figure carved on Pirates of the Caribbean ships 7 ℓ
  10. Visa holders shouldn't do it 8 ℓ
  11. Hollywood Walk of Fame surname next to Philbin 4 ℓ
  12. Formerly classy person? 4 ℓ
  13. Focus of the 2022 blockbuster The Bad Guys 5 ℓ
  14. It's hard to see through 4 ℓ
  15. Cast a wide net 5 ℓ
  16. Make whole 5 ℓ
  17. Disc you can buy for less than two bucks 4 ℓ
  18. Lamborghini mascot, to its makers 4 ℓ
  19. Focus of the 2024 book Gangster Hunters 4 ℓ
  20. Occasion for dried young bamboo soup 3 ℓ
  21. Animated merchant with a 17-letter surname 3 ℓ
  22. Hardly hard to accomplish 5 ℓ
  23. Fennel cousin 4 ℓ
  24. Lit __ 4 ℓ
  25. High-tech handles 11 ℓ
  26. Get back to a gathering 10 ℓ
  27. Furtive follower 4 ℓ
  28. Awfully 4 ℓ
  29. Claustro- opposite 5 ℓ
  30. One working on their feet 4 ℓ
  31. He wears a yellow coat and pants 4 ℓ
  32. Recipient of the deductive "You have been in Afghanistan" (1887) 8 ℓ
  33. Large charges 8 ℓ
  34. Maintains with confidence 7 ℓ
  35. Air purifier output 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, November 15, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by David P. Williams. The puzzle features 70 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.

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