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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, October 17, 2026 Constructed by Matthew Sewell 72 clues
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Across

  1. What many a team adopts 6 ℓ
  2. Quad developers 8 ℓ
  3. Aftermarket buy 8 ℓ
  4. Calendar starter 6 ℓ
  5. Ruffles 6 ℓ
  6. Charged thoughtfully 8 ℓ
  7. Played 7 ℓ
  8. Took many courses 7 ℓ
  9. Moving communication: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  10. Party __ 3 ℓ
  11. Accordingly 4 ℓ
  12. Propel nonstop 4 ℓ
  13. Omega-3 fatty acid source 4 ℓ
  14. Requirement for some fellowships 4 ℓ
  15. Space on a container ship 4 ℓ
  16. Shock-avoidance request 6 ℓ
  17. Designee, informally 3 ℓ
  18. Reason for diminished returns 15 ℓ
  19. Far beyond patched 6 ℓ
  20. "__ it pretty to think so?" (The Sun Also Rises ender) 4 ℓ
  21. Not following 3 ℓ
  22. Sparkling 4 ℓ
  23. Pompous pronouncement 4 ℓ
  24. Some Sunday School drawings 4 ℓ
  25. Six-time award for DDE 3 ℓ
  26. Balky one 4 ℓ
  27. What a larva may become 3 ℓ
  28. Leader between Jacques and Francois 7 ℓ
  29. "Not a surprise" 7 ℓ
  30. Nicaraguan nana 6 ℓ
  31. Awesome prospect 8 ℓ
  32. Unoriginal, as bronze replicas 6 ℓ
  33. Gains elbow room, perhaps 8 ℓ
  34. Refractory response 6 ℓ
  35. Idle 8 ℓ
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Down

  1. Puts a strain on 5 ℓ
  2. Starting order 10 ℓ
  3. Trend scout 10 ℓ
  4. Cato and Tacitus 8 ℓ
  5. Name on the cover of Breathing Lessons 4 ℓ
  6. Certain Colonial-era protectors 5 ℓ
  7. Short yardstick 3 ℓ
  8. Un tercio de nueve 4 ℓ
  9. Undoing of many Bard protagonists 9 ℓ
  10. They have shake-to-undo settings 5 ℓ
  11. Owner of Maybelline 6 ℓ
  12. Some 2010s Ferraris 4 ℓ
  13. Its 50 got a redesign in 2017 4 ℓ
  14. Term sensitive for some Finns 4 ℓ
  15. Vb. category 3 ℓ
  16. Razzie role for Silverstone 7 ℓ
  17. Echolocation user 4 ℓ
  18. Exhibit polypnea 4 ℓ
  19. OED initialism since 2011 3 ℓ
  20. Baker's butter substitute 10 ℓ
  21. 1 or pi, for instance 10 ℓ
  22. Undone items 4 ℓ
  23. Bashes 9 ℓ
  24. Undo a body modification, perhaps 4 ℓ
  25. Visibly worried 8 ℓ
  26. __ group 3 ℓ
  27. Metaphorical obsession 3 ℓ
  28. Beyond good and evil 6 ℓ
  29. Word on some Oscars 5 ℓ
  30. Mythical lyre player 5 ℓ
  31. One-named R&B diva 5 ℓ
  32. It's between Minneapolis and Kansas City on I-35 4 ℓ
  33. Possible cause for a time-out 4 ℓ
  34. Put something on 4 ℓ
  35. Region touting "bottled poetry" 4 ℓ
  36. "You may __ like" (etailer prompt) 4 ℓ
  37. Potter universe's Three Broomsticks 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, October 17, 2026 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Matthew Sewell. The puzzle features 72 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 17 2026 Answers