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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, November 29, 2025 Constructed by Matthew Sewell 70 clues
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Across

  1. Argument extender 4 ℓ
  2. Get in better shape 5 ℓ
  3. Alarm alternatives 4 ℓ
  4. Find played out 6 ℓ
  5. Slight emotional reaction 6 ℓ
  6. Clean 'n Toss brand 3 ℓ
  7. Piercing or biting 5 ℓ
  8. Liable to say anything 14 ℓ
  9. Dry up 9 ℓ
  10. Reptilian toon steed 5 ℓ
  11. Gulliver, through much of his travels 5 ℓ
  12. "__ way!" 4 ℓ
  13. Route 66's westernmost successor 4 ℓ
  14. Tide source, for short 5 ℓ
  15. Effervescent essence of elasticity 4 ℓ
  16. Swim (with) 4 ℓ
  17. "Damn with faint praise, assent with civil __": Pope 4 ℓ
  18. Its leaves wrap Maui meat 4 ℓ
  19. Mass gathering spots 5 ℓ
  20. Managing 9 ℓ
  21. Work to convince 5 ℓ
  22. "Abracadabra!" follower 14 ℓ
  23. Swimmer with tail fins 3 ℓ
  24. Wood subject, often 5 ℓ
  25. Use your recorder 6 ℓ
  26. Football squeaker 6 ℓ
  27. Take shape 3 ℓ
  28. Crack, crackle, or cackle 5 ℓ
  29. Signs of spring 5 ℓ
  30. Went by 7 ℓ
  31. Abets orally 7 ℓ
  32. __ way 3 ℓ
  33. Beset from all directions 5 ℓ
  34. Article in the press 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Leader of Islamic worship's focus 4 ℓ
  2. Late-Q1 adjustment 3 ℓ
  3. Blouse stat 4 ℓ
  4. Rapid removal 4 ℓ
  5. Serial port users 8 ℓ
  6. Wedding selection 13 ℓ
  7. Allegro adverb 5 ℓ
  8. Fill-ins 7 ℓ
  9. Rural breeder 4 ℓ
  10. Intended for, shortly 4 ℓ
  11. Elevated Bardic address 6 ℓ
  12. Batcave, for instance 10 ℓ
  13. Comedian in the Automotive Hall of Fame 4 ℓ
  14. Planner abbr. 3 ℓ
  15. "I FALLED. HUG PLZ." meme 6 ℓ
  16. Fourth nation with a lunar landing (2023) 5 ℓ
  17. Printer's package 4 ℓ
  18. More meaning less? 4 ℓ
  19. "C'est tout!" 4 ℓ
  20. Warhol's __ of Six Self-Portraits 4 ℓ
  21. Specificity leader 4 ℓ
  22. Nickname like Dolly 4 ℓ
  23. Run on 3 ℓ
  24. What Miss Chemistry debuted at the 1939 World's Fair 13 ℓ
  25. Adjective in a Dickens and Tolkien title 3 ℓ
  26. Mobile bars, e.g. 4 ℓ
  27. Conform to, in a phrase 3 ℓ
  28. Stops over? 4 ℓ
  29. Presently unable, with "in" 10 ℓ
  30. Where to see the Hagia Sophia 4 ℓ
  31. Courageous chronicle 4 ℓ
  32. Span with tweens 'tween 4 ℓ
  33. Swag, nowadays 4 ℓ
  34. Imposing authority 3 ℓ
  35. Endorsed fervently 8 ℓ
  36. News and weather apps 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, November 29, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Matthew Sewell. 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 29 2025 Answers