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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, October 3, 2026 Constructed by Joel Fagliano 64 clues
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Across

  1. #1's 6 ℓ
  2. Worms, maybe 8 ℓ
  3. All-time highest-earning female athlete ($450+ million), familiarly 6 ℓ
  4. Sushi option 8 ℓ
  5. Libertine 6 ℓ
  6. Only female Argonaut 8 ℓ
  7. Right on the money, in Melbourne 6 ℓ
  8. Writer's block? 7 ℓ
  9. Over 4 ℓ
  10. Short-term lab job 10 ℓ
  11. Crisper for brown butter sauce 4 ℓ
  12. Subject to slamming 6 ℓ
  13. "He was __, take him for all in all": Hamlet 4 ℓ
  14. Something to consider 4 ℓ
  15. Nothing at all 5 ℓ
  16. See 55-Down 4 ℓ
  17. Soul's foregoer 5 ℓ
  18. Koran's early major prophet 4 ℓ
  19. Page-bottom advisory in press-packet PDFs 4 ℓ
  20. Its seal has a plow and riverboat 4 ℓ
  21. Edges of some calendar line lists 5 ℓ
  22. Complete your training 6 ℓ
  23. Negate 4 ℓ
  24. Male frogs' amplifiers 4 ℓ
  25. City near Manhattan not related to a sand bag brand 10 ℓ
  26. Connection for many modern messages 6 ℓ
  27. Sectarian from the Hebrew for "pious" 7 ℓ
  28. What the first footballs were 8 ℓ
  29. Loud buzzer 6 ℓ
  30. End of a line 8 ℓ
  31. Fail big 6 ℓ
  32. Diverse 8 ℓ
  33. Layers of floors 6 ℓ
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Down

  1. Tangentially 9 ℓ
  2. Crib for the house 5 ℓ
  3. Big rock name meaning "Old City" 5 ℓ
  4. Friday the 3rd? 5 ℓ
  5. Give 5 ℓ
  6. Eliza Doolittle's Greek counterpart 7 ℓ
  7. Shortly 6 ℓ
  8. What grading will get rid of 3 ℓ
  9. Leaves home 8 ℓ
  10. Take __ 4 ℓ
  11. Predicament acknowledgment 9 ℓ
  12. Women with personal trainers 9 ℓ
  13. What children make a stand for 9 ℓ
  14. What 15-Across returned to in '26 3 ℓ
  15. Deal with your in-box 8 ℓ
  16. Yogurt topping 7 ℓ
  17. It's often open for lunch 8 ℓ
  18. They're seen on a star-filled night 9 ℓ
  19. Apple product 9 ℓ
  20. See someone 9 ℓ
  21. Tin-eared 9 ℓ
  22. Where the buck stops briefly 8 ℓ
  23. Prodigal 7 ℓ
  24. Discarded 6 ℓ
  25. Half a bubble gum brand 5 ℓ
  26. Informal term of endearment 5 ℓ
  27. Yahoo's lack 5 ℓ
  28. Unsurpassable 5 ℓ
  29. "The glitchy jukebox," to nonfans 4 ℓ
  30. With 35-Across, one buck, or many 3 ℓ
  31. Short yardstick 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, October 3, 2026 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Joel Fagliano. The puzzle features 64 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 3 2026 Answers