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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, November 22, 2025 Constructed by Rafael Musa 70 clues
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Across

  1. Almost 4 ℓ
  2. Go fast 5 ℓ
  3. Quick study? 3 ℓ
  4. Whom many a doctor charges 6 ℓ
  5. They're thick in the head 5 ℓ
  6. Perform well, to TikTokers 4 ℓ
  7. Get behind 3 ℓ
  8. Approval metaphor 3 ℓ
  9. Succeed through the straight and narrow 13 ℓ
  10. Gifts with bells and whistles 9 ℓ
  11. Missouri-based Netflix crime drama 5 ℓ
  12. Rossini contemporary 5 ℓ
  13. Focus times 9 ℓ
  14. Illustration introduction 5 ℓ
  15. Ball Drop hrs. 3 ℓ
  16. Ver __ color de rose (be overly optimistic) 4 ℓ
  17. All-encompassing space fiction concept 9 ℓ
  18. Emulsion for main courses 5 ℓ
  19. Modern missive 9 ℓ
  20. Provocative poster 5 ℓ
  21. Focus time 13 ℓ
  22. Cruiser's domain 3 ℓ
  23. MLB TV licensee 3 ℓ
  24. Domed abode 4 ℓ
  25. Put lots of things away 5 ℓ
  26. Gathering 6 ℓ
  27. Ring to reach 5 ℓ
  28. Raising expenses 9 ℓ
  29. Going hard 4 ℓ
  30. Calzone's Continental kin 5 ℓ
  31. Mideast money 4 ℓ
  32. "Extra Crispy" frozen food 9 ℓ
  33. The best screengrabs? 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Star bursts 5 ℓ
  2. What might precede a ceiling 3 ℓ
  3. Start to many a promise 3 ℓ
  4. Ontario's official flier 4 ℓ
  5. Silver accessories 10 ℓ
  6. Varsity Tutors offering 7 ℓ
  7. : 4 ℓ
  8. Layered indulgence 9 ℓ
  9. Acted on unacceptability 8 ℓ
  10. Bed makeup 4 ℓ
  11. For whom Neety is a nickname 5 ℓ
  12. Act too big 5 ℓ
  13. What can ready your roast 3 ℓ
  14. Painter's white primer 5 ℓ
  15. Put up or in 5 ℓ
  16. Throw off 5 ℓ
  17. German surname not related to furry friends 4 ℓ
  18. Step toward the bar 4 ℓ
  19. Lacking a charge 4 ℓ
  20. Pottery 4 ℓ
  21. Capital of New Zealand 3 ℓ
  22. Prefix for raptor 3 ℓ
  23. Gave vigorous expression to 6 ℓ
  24. Minute 4 ℓ
  25. Spreadsheet function 3 ℓ
  26. "Road" picture participant 4 ℓ
  27. Drill bits? 10 ℓ
  28. ACE, e.g. 5 ℓ
  29. Family __ 4 ℓ
  30. Subject of some park signs 4 ℓ
  31. Real McCoys 4 ℓ
  32. It's on a Mauna Loa flank 4 ℓ
  33. Biometrical target 4 ℓ
  34. Many Helsinki ferry patrons 9 ℓ
  35. Person concerned with fulfillment 8 ℓ
  36. Any member of the most-species mammalian order 6 ℓ
  37. What may have multiple levels 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, November 22, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Rafael Musa. 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.

Newsday SATURDAY STUMPER Crossword November 22 2025 Answers