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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, November 8, 2025 Constructed by Matthew Sewell 70 clues
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Across

  1. Of few, sharp words 5 ℓ
  2. Name on the cover of Monster Rally drawings 4 ℓ
  3. Maneuver into a tight spot 4 ℓ
  4. Where to expect fast service 6 ℓ
  5. Acknowledges 8 ℓ
  6. Lock in the back 7 ℓ
  7. Essere __ (be convenient) 4 ℓ
  8. Force through a pastry tube 4 ℓ
  9. Color close to peach 5 ℓ
  10. Boatwright's raw material 3 ℓ
  11. Flyers et al. 10 ℓ
  12. Apt rhyme for "recruit" 4 ℓ
  13. What splices connect 4 ℓ
  14. Charming rituals 10 ℓ
  15. Pay obedient regard to 4 ℓ
  16. High rollers? 4 ℓ
  17. Now and then? 5 ℓ
  18. Holder of many records 10 ℓ
  19. React to exertion 4 ℓ
  20. Reach a relationship rite of passage 10 ℓ
  21. What ballerinas usually have 4 ℓ
  22. Lay __ 4 ℓ
  23. Skewering 5 ℓ
  24. Transfix 3 ℓ
  25. Taker of notes 4 ℓ
  26. "Oh my!" 7 ℓ
  27. Vocal booster 8 ℓ
  28. Went around 6 ℓ
  29. Among the newest MLB teams 3 ℓ
  30. Numbers, in part 5 ℓ
  31. Forceful application 4 ℓ
  32. Message on an annual Indy Arts Council creation 15 ℓ
  33. Brief minute 3 ℓ
  34. Got into a mess 5 ℓ
  35. Last long 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Fatigues, at times 4 ℓ
  2. Prepared for a smoothie, say 6 ℓ
  3. "...no joke!" 10 ℓ
  4. Tie-ins for Pixar's latest (2025) 10 ℓ
  5. One skilled in logic 3 ℓ
  6. Gym rat, quite possibly 6 ℓ
  7. Rattle 5 ℓ
  8. Swimming 4 ℓ
  9. Far from fully fortunate 9 ℓ
  10. Pool on a table 3 ℓ
  11. Doesn't intervene 6 ℓ
  12. Put a handle on 4 ℓ
  13. "A change of mood...of a day I had __": Frost 4 ℓ
  14. First to host three American game shows simultaneously (1991) 6 ℓ
  15. "No problem!" 6 ℓ
  16. KOA lodging options 6 ℓ
  17. Rex relative 5 ℓ
  18. Oz quadrant 4 ℓ
  19. Mass or mess 4 ℓ
  20. Without a goal 4 ℓ
  21. Face-to-face 4 ℓ
  22. Volume reduced by 60+ percent 3 ℓ
  23. Screen monitor reduced by 25 percent in 2019 3 ℓ
  24. Apparitional 7 ℓ
  25. Westernmost city on the Columbia River 7 ℓ
  26. Snagged 7 ℓ
  27. Young walrus 4 ℓ
  28. Bear __ (Canadian snowshoe) 3 ℓ
  29. Tete-a-tete lead-in 10 ℓ
  30. Mobile library setting 10 ℓ
  31. Caesar's seas 5 ℓ
  32. They're under palms 9 ℓ
  33. Put on a list 4 ℓ
  34. __-niacin (reddening-reducing supplement) 3 ℓ
  35. Fixes for good 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, November 8, 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 8 2025 Answers