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SATURDAY STUMPER

Saturday, October 4, 2025 Constructed by Lars G. Doubleday 72 clues
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Across

  1. Job successor 6 ℓ
  2. Chew toy staple 7 ℓ
  3. [!!!] 3 ℓ
  4. Start to matter 4 ℓ
  5. Constantly shifting, say 5 ℓ
  6. Practice grp. 3 ℓ
  7. Put down 4 ℓ
  8. "None but yourself who are your greatest __": Longfellow 3 ℓ
  9. Bookstore drawer 4 ℓ
  10. Charismatic confidence 4 ℓ
  11. Made like many mousses 5 ℓ
  12. Booze brand adjectivized in ads 7 ℓ
  13. Hotel Bossa Nova neighborhood 7 ℓ
  14. Audited 7 ℓ
  15. Turn off 7 ℓ
  16. Palmetto Bowl combatant 7 ℓ
  17. Was exhausted 6 ℓ
  18. Weather 7 ℓ
  19. Where 4-Down originated 7 ℓ
  20. Where many auditions are performed 7 ℓ
  21. Subject of flight attendant instructions 7 ℓ
  22. Ring data 4 ℓ
  23. Glue applications 4 ℓ
  24. Uplift 5 ℓ
  25. Its HQ is near Lake Geneva 3 ℓ
  26. Surpass dressing up 4 ℓ
  27. Birth announcement triplet 3 ℓ
  28. Home of Bosch's ...Earthly Delights 5 ℓ
  29. Sound comes out of its bell 4 ℓ
  30. Betty Who's Grinch boy 3 ℓ
  31. Displays loyalty 14 ℓ
  32. Fried fair fare 7 ℓ
  33. Legend in their own mind 7 ℓ
  34. Guard against bachelorette party mix-ups 14 ℓ
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Down

  1. "Avoid fertilizer," from Angler Magazine 6 ℓ
  2. Impede opposite 4 ℓ
  3. What you take in 4 ℓ
  4. Pioneers in freeze-drying (c. 13th century) 4 ℓ
  5. Approves with enthusiasm 5 ℓ
  6. Pigeons' plaint 11 ℓ
  7. __-high 3 ℓ
  8. What you'd expect to find in coat closets 4 ℓ
  9. Cardigan elbow, often 5 ℓ
  10. Vette body redesign 3 ℓ
  11. Gifts with 32 kukui nuts 4 ℓ
  12. Trying to advance 10 ℓ
  13. Save-yourself saw 10 ℓ
  14. Threw hard, per the OED (since 2022) 6 ℓ
  15. George's garb on the Abbey Road cover 5 ℓ
  16. Peace offering 5 ℓ
  17. Allowing a look out, say 4 ℓ
  18. Ultimately silent smashing success 4 ℓ
  19. "Father of American Education" 4 ℓ
  20. First __ 4 ℓ
  21. Intro for -esce 4 ℓ
  22. Chip shape 4 ℓ
  23. Dairy report 3 ℓ
  24. Place for tubs and scrubs 3 ℓ
  25. Loathsome one 4 ℓ
  26. Exile 4 ℓ
  27. Settings for creepers and cacti 11 ℓ
  28. Poirot forte 5 ℓ
  29. Take a range of courses 4 ℓ
  30. What Fortnite forbids 4 ℓ
  31. Targets not hit 10 ℓ
  32. Page with privacy policies 10 ℓ
  33. Poesy's "foster-child of silence" 3 ℓ
  34. They're thermally insulated 5 ℓ
  35. San Andreas, for Calaveras County 4 ℓ
  36. What "from" is often amended to 4 ℓ
  37. Complement of West Point's first graduating class 3 ℓ
  38. Agrarian cylinder 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Saturday, October 4, 2025 is titled “SATURDAY STUMPER” and was constructed by Lars G. Doubleday. 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 4 2025 Answers