Newsday Crossword Answers for Saturday, May 9, 2026
Saturday, May 9, 2026/70 clues solved
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Across
- 1Ruffle
- 6Sneak or creep
- 9Certain dance party
- 13__ al Ajillo (garlicky entree)
- 14What's redundant to follow with "Desert"
- 15Certain dance party
- 16Screen's space savers
- 18What lemons are
- 19Hamlet's dagger
- 20Paraglider's purchase
- 22Pacific Rim's Fifth Avenue
- 24Bellyaches
- 25Soft numbers
- 29Cross word
- 30Celebrious
- 31Crowned
- 34Tight bunch
- 36Woman of Canadian extraction
- 38Second profession
- 39Advances for a short time
- 41Bandleader autograph with a pentagram
- 43Fine crack
- 44Unplanned minor meetings
- 47Neighborhood beside UCLA
- 49Historic African cattle herder
- 50Sound capital
- 52Assemble for a sequel
- 55Well-chosen
- 56Unwritten endorsement
- 59Many a Bogart film
- 60Worshiper in a "gateway to the Guru"
- 61Swamplike
- 62Periodes de moustiques intenses
- 63LFB's putative Wizard inspiration
- 642024 discovery on Mars' highest mountain
Down
- 1Mobile utility
- 2Simple sort
- 3Prime Cuts Dry brand
- 4Boglike
- 5Brewer's heat source
- 6Make a mark of
- 7Be by
- 8Cut off
- 9Finish for Southern diners
- 10Asphalt Legends, e.g.
- 11What the detectives in the novel Three Bags Full are
- 12Assyrians' enemies
- 142020s' youthful "zero reaction"
- 17Cat's paw
- 21Go for a spin
- 23Abased oneself
- 25Heads out
- 26The Perfect Scam podcaster
- 27Pandowdy cousin
- 28Where Bell was raised
- 32__ a primera vista
- 33"Sounds good"
- 35Velvety milk drinks
- 37Encyclopedia Brown, enduringly
- 40Diminish delicately
- 42Integral to the organization
- 45Unsurpassably uninspiring
- 46One losing deliberately
- 47Stood for
- 48Whom Woolf praised with "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people"
- 51Roman Empire province with city-states
- 53Introduction to saving
- 54Exams with an "open" option
- 57Mrs. __ (1996 First Lady bestseller)
- 58What the tennis US Open is played on
Hints before the answers
- Today's grid is 15x15 with 70 entries.
- There are 35 across and 35 down.
- The longest answer has 13 letters and is 25-across.
- Today's puzzle is titled "SATURDAY STUMPER".
All 70 answers
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- 1ARuffleABASH
- 6ASneak or creepCAD
- 9ACertain dance partyPROM
- 13A__ al Ajillo (garlicky entree)POLLO
- 14AWhat's redundant to follow with "Desert"GOBI
- 15ACertain dance partyRAVE
- 16AScreen's space saversPOPUPMENUS
- 18AWhat lemons areACID
- 19AHamlet's daggerBODKIN
- 20AParaglider's purchaseTOWLINE
- 22APacific Rim's Fifth AvenueGINZA
- 24ABellyachesWHINES
- 25ASoft numbersEASYLISTENING
- 29ACross wordBAH
- 30ACelebriousNOTED
- 31ACrownedREGAL
- 34ATight bunchBROS
- 36AWoman of Canadian extractionNADIA
- 38ASecond professionSAME
- 39AAdvances for a short timeSPOTS
- 41ABandleader autograph with a pentagramRINGO
- 43AFine crackMOT
- 44AUnplanned minor meetingsFENDERBENDERS
- 47ANeighborhood beside UCLABELAIR
- 49AHistoric African cattle herderTUTSI
- 50ASound capitalOLYMPIA
- 52AAssemble for a sequelRETEAM
- 55AWell-chosenRIPE
- 56AUnwritten endorsementESIGNATURE
- 59AMany a Bogart filmNOIR
- 60AWorshiper in a "gateway to the Guru"SIKH
- 61ASwamplikeFETID
- 62APeriodes de moustiques intensesETES
- 63ALFB's putative Wizard inspirationTAE
- 64A2024 discovery on Mars' highest mountainFROST
- 1DMobile utilityAPP
- 2DSimple sortBOOB
- 3DPrime Cuts Dry brandALPO
- 4DBoglikeSLUDGY
- 5DBrewer's heat sourceHOPKILN
- 6DMake a mark ofCON
- 7DBe byABUT
- 8DCut offDISOWN
- 9DFinish for Southern dinersPRALINES
- 10DAsphalt Legends, e.g.RACINGGAME
- 11DWhat the detectives in the novel Three Bags Full areOVINE
- 12DAssyrians' enemiesMEDES
- 14D2020s' youthful "zero reaction"GENZSTARE
- 17DCat's pawMINION
- 21DGo for a spinWHIR
- 23DAbased oneselfATEDIRT
- 25DHeads outEBBS
- 26DThe Perfect Scam podcasterAARP
- 27DPandowdy cousinSHOOFLYPIE
- 28DWhere Bell was raisedEDINBURGH
- 32D__ a primera vistaAMOR
- 33D"Sounds good"LETS
- 35DVelvety milk drinksSTEAMERS
- 37DEncyclopedia Brown, enduringlyAGETEN
- 40DDiminish delicatelySNIP
- 42DIntegral to the organizationONSTAFF
- 45DUnsurpassably uninspiringDRIEST
- 46DOne losing deliberatelyDIETER
- 47DStood forBORNE
- 48DWhom Woolf praised with "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people"ELIOT
- 51DRoman Empire province with city-statesASIA
- 53DIntroduction to savingAUTO
- 54DExams with an "open" optionMRIS
- 57DMrs. __ (1996 First Lady bestseller)IKE
- 58DWhat the tennis US Open is played onEDT
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