Newsday Crossword Answers for Saturday, August 23, 2025
Saturday, August 23, 2025/68 clues solved
Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Saturday, August 23, 2025, across and down, in grid order. Clues are kept with their answers rather than listed separately, so a half-remembered clue from an old grid stays findable — the whole archive is searchable the same way.
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Across
- 1Surfeit of spots?
- 8Small '40s vessel
- 14Cutthroat school
- 16Place to sit
- 17Max competition
- 19Skyrocketed
- 20Sauerkraut-like
- 21Maximal retribution?
- 22Edmonton football team, named for beasts nearby
- 23Dis honor?
- 24"Politics is the __ in which war develops": Clausewitz
- 25MO
- 26When many eschew chocolate
- 27Gut environment, e.g.
- 28Symbolically secret
- 29Advised to avoid
- 30Fashion inspired by WWII uniforms
- 34Family nickname
- 35__-demain (Mardi, to Dimanche)
- 36Noisy no more
- 37Elvis mug
- 38Kind of credo
- 41Appealed (to)
- 42Grating beef
- 43Capacity
- 44TVA beneficiary
- 45Small belts
- 46Volkswagen US debuts of '69
- 472025's A4 46-Across, for instance
- 50Check out improperly
- 51Consumer of shells
- 52Periods of proper productivity
- 53Clips used as hooks
Down
- 1Betty's makeup
- 2In desperation
- 3Pool dive-ins
- 4Photofloods and ginger jars
- 5Not yet eliminated
- 6Watch window trio
- 7Refreshers over ice
- 8Word following rubber or steel
- 9Swank
- 10Hair ball
- 11Without an intermediary
- 12Flickering
- 13Proving grounds
- 15Indulge yourself
- 18Leakage evidence
- 23First name of the alphabetically last Best Actress Oscar winner
- 24Corkscrews
- 26Terribly intense
- 27Deere device
- 28Put on a scale
- 29It's not hard to swallow
- 30Major Novo Testamento writer
- 31Writer of the Magna Carta
- 32Sanka, slangily
- 33Hole to fill
- 37Booted up?
- 38Put a salt, as into table salt
- 39Sandwich shop purchase
- 40Titular plural thrice as long as its singular
- 42Stirs up
- 43Becomes obsolescent, in a way
- 45Lab order
- 46Setting for nearly half of Around the World ...
- 48Where Olympians made offerings
- 49Floor with flamboyance
Hints before the answers
- Today's grid is 15x15 with 68 entries.
- There are 33 across and 35 down.
- The longest answer has 15 letters and is 17-across.
- Today's puzzle is titled "SATURDAY STUMPER".
All 68 answers
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- 1ASurfeit of spots?ADBLITZ
- 8ASmall '40s vesselPTBOAT
- 14ACutthroat schoolPIRANHAS
- 16APlace to sitLOUNGE
- 17AMax competitionPREMIUMCHANNELS
- 19ASkyrocketedLEAPT
- 20ASauerkraut-likeBRINY
- 21AMaximal retribution?TIT
- 22AEdmonton football team, named for beasts nearbyELKS
- 23ADis honor?ROAST
- 24A"Politics is the __ in which war develops": ClausewitzWOMB
- 25AMOSYS
- 26AWhen many eschew chocolateLENTS
- 27AGut environment, e.g.BIOME
- 28ASymbolically secretRUNIC
- 29AAdvised to avoidPANNED
- 30AFashion inspired by WWII uniformsSQUARESHOULDERS
- 34AFamily nicknameAUNTIE
- 35A__-demain (Mardi, to Dimanche)APRES
- 36ANoisy no moreOILED
- 37AElvis mugSNEER
- 38AKind of credoISM
- 41AAppealed (to)PLED
- 42AGrating beefWHINE
- 43ACapacityROLE
- 44ATVA beneficiaryALA
- 45ASmall beltsSHOTS
- 46AVolkswagen US debuts of '69AUDIS
- 47A2025's A4 46-Across, for instanceUPDATEDCLASSICS
- 50ACheck out improperlyLEERAT
- 51AConsumer of shellsHOWITZER
- 52APeriods of proper productivityONDAYS
- 53AClips used as hooksTEASERS
- 1DBetty's makeupAPPLES
- 2DIn desperationDIRELY
- 3DPool dive-insBREAKS
- 4DPhotofloods and ginger jarsLAMPS
- 5DNot yet eliminatedINIT
- 6DWatch window trioTHU
- 7DRefreshers over iceZAMBONIS
- 8DWord following rubber or steelPLANT
- 9DSwankTONY
- 10DHair ballBUN
- 11DWithout an intermediaryONETOONE
- 12DFlickeringAGLIMMER
- 13DProving groundsTESTBEDS
- 15DIndulge yourselfSCRATCHANITCH
- 18DLeakage evidenceHISS
- 23DFirst name of the alphabetically last Best Actress Oscar winnerRENEE
- 24DCorkscrewsWINDS
- 26DTerribly intenseLURID
- 27DDeere deviceBALER
- 28DPut on a scaleRATED
- 29DIt's not hard to swallowPUREE
- 30DMajor Novo Testamento writerSAOPAULO
- 31DWriter of the Magna CartaQUILLPEN
- 32DSanka, slangilyUNLEADED
- 33DHole to fillOPENSLOT
- 37DBooted up?SHOD
- 38DPut a salt, as into table saltIODIZE
- 39DSandwich shop purchaseSLICER
- 40DTitular plural thrice as long as its singularMESSRS
- 42DStirs upWHETS
- 43DBecomes obsolescent, in a wayRUSTS
- 45DLab orderSTAY
- 46DSetting for nearly half of Around the World ...ASIA
- 48DWhere Olympians made offeringsARA
- 49DFloor with flamboyanceAWE
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