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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, October 10, 2026 Constructed by Frank Longo 70 clues
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Across

  1. Downturn exploiter 4 ℓ
  2. Gears are locked in it 4 ℓ
  3. Winged workers 5 ℓ
  4. Option for the rash 4 ℓ
  5. Of planetary tilts 5 ℓ
  6. Well-remembered soliloque starter 4 ℓ
  7. Didn't save face 15 ℓ
  8. Rattling result 6 ℓ
  9. Keep from cases 6 ℓ
  10. Grand old word? 5 ℓ
  11. Achieved 3 ℓ
  12. Undesirable iron product 5 ℓ
  13. Geisha's green light 3 ℓ
  14. Where feed ferments 5 ℓ
  15. Ancient "keeper of sheep" 4 ℓ
  16. I may stand for it 15 ℓ
  17. Accounting calculation 9 ℓ
  18. Their last windows are opened on Christmas Eve 15 ℓ
  19. Out of play 4 ℓ
  20. Contents and more 5 ℓ
  21. Diversional, for short 3 ℓ
  22. Stuff in smokeless gunpowder 5 ℓ
  23. What many Nepalis get into 5 ℓ
  24. Greatest Story Ever D'ohed character 3 ℓ
  25. Party with the Host 6 ℓ
  26. Moderately 6 ℓ
  27. How humanity exists, per Kant 15 ℓ
  28. Head of the services, for short 4 ℓ
  29. Black 5 ℓ
  30. Home of the Reagan Medical Center 4 ℓ
  31. Master of 39-Down 4 ℓ
  32. Summit series 5 ℓ
  33. Highly 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. How a ...Silence title starts 3 ℓ
  2. No small part 7 ℓ
  3. Enjoyed, as a kaleidoscope 7 ℓ
  4. Company with a $25 billion IPO (2014) 7 ℓ
  5. How some like their salmon 9 ℓ
  6. Dipped 4 ℓ
  7. Football guard 3 ℓ
  8. Cut in two, possibly 3 ℓ
  9. Dim 4 ℓ
  10. Alter in a shop, in a way 5 ℓ
  11. As for Einstein 7 ℓ
  12. William Wales, in the mid-'90s 7 ℓ
  13. Whom Rolling Stone called the "live" in SNL 7 ℓ
  14. Ending like -like 3 ℓ
  15. Generate, with "up" 3 ℓ
  16. Hike 7 ℓ
  17. Scrap now, maybe 7 ℓ
  18. Target in some carnival games 7 ℓ
  19. Places worth seeing 5 ℓ
  20. Sports great who wrote the novel The Academy: Love Match 5 ℓ
  21. Really go (for) 3 ℓ
  22. Submission 9 ℓ
  23. Another way to say mi 3 ℓ
  24. Source of paper profits 7 ℓ
  25. Obsolescent opener 7 ℓ
  26. Diverse 7 ℓ
  27. Source of Machine Age imagery 7 ℓ
  28. Exercises a Yahtzee option 7 ℓ
  29. Mock 7 ℓ
  30. Rundown preceder 5 ℓ
  31. Small grouse 3 ℓ
  32. How much of the Missouri R. flows 3 ℓ
  33. One may be near a washer 4 ℓ
  34. Sales __ 4 ℓ
  35. Essence of a federal profile database 3 ℓ
  36. No-good denouement 3 ℓ
  37. Good counterpart 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, October 10, 2026 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Frank Longo. 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 October 10 2026 Answers