Newsday Crossword Answers for Saturday, October 4, 2025
Saturday, October 4, 2025/72 clues solved
Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Saturday, October 4, 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
- 1Job successor
- 7Chew toy staple
- 14Weather
- 16Where 4-Down originated
- 17Where many auditions are performed
- 18Subject of flight attendant instructions
- 19Ring data
- 20Glue applications
- 22Uplift
- 23Its HQ is near Lake Geneva
- 24Surpass dressing up
- 25Birth announcement triplet
- 26Home of Bosch's ...Earthly Delights
- 28Sound comes out of its bell
- 30Betty Who's Grinch boy
- 33Displays loyalty
- 37Fried fair fare
- 38Legend in their own mind
- 39Guard against bachelorette party mix-ups
- 41[!!!]
- 42Start to matter
- 43Constantly shifting, say
- 45Practice grp.
- 46Put down
- 49"None but yourself who are your greatest __": Longfellow
- 50Made like many mousses
- 53Charismatic confidence
- 54Bookstore drawer
- 55Hotel Bossa Nova neighborhood
- 57Booze brand adjectivized in ads
- 59Audited
- 60Turn off
- 61Palmetto Bowl combatant
- 62Was exhausted
Down
- 1"Avoid fertilizer," from Angler Magazine
- 2Save-yourself saw
- 3Trying to advance
- 4Gifts with 32 kukui nuts
- 5Vette body redesign
- 6Cardigan elbow, often
- 7What you'd expect to find in coat closets
- 8__-high
- 9Pigeons' plaint
- 10Approves with enthusiasm
- 11Pioneers in freeze-drying (c. 13th century)
- 12What you take in
- 13Impede opposite
- 15Loathsome one
- 21Exile
- 24Settings for creepers and cacti
- 25Poirot forte
- 27Take a range of courses
- 29What Fortnite forbids
- 30Targets not hit
- 31Page with privacy policies
- 32Poesy's "foster-child of silence"
- 34They're thermally insulated
- 35San Andreas, for Calaveras County
- 36What "from" is often amended to
- 37Complement of West Point's first graduating class
- 40Agrarian cylinder
- 44Threw hard, per the OED (since 2022)
- 45George's garb on the Abbey Road cover
- 47Allowing a look out, say
- 48Peace offering
- 50Chip shape
- 51Intro for -esce
- 52First __
- 53"Father of American Education"
- 54Ultimately silent smashing success
- 56Dairy report
- 58Place for tubs and scrubs
Hints before the answers
- Today's grid is 15x15 with 72 entries.
- There are 34 across and 38 down.
- The longest answer has 14 letters and is 33-across.
- Today's puzzle is titled "SATURDAY STUMPER".
All 72 answers
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- 1AJob successorPSALMS
- 7AChew toy stapleRAWHIDE
- 14AWeatherRIDEOUT
- 16AWhere 4-Down originatedOCEANIA
- 17AWhere many auditions are performedONVIDEO
- 18ASubject of flight attendant instructionsDEVICES
- 19ARing dataTKOS
- 20AGlue applicationsDABS
- 22AUpliftELATE
- 23AIts HQ is near Lake GenevaIOC
- 24ASurpass dressing upREDO
- 25ABirth announcement tripletLBS
- 26AHome of Bosch's ...Earthly DelightsPRADO
- 28ASound comes out of its bellOBOE
- 30ABetty Who's Grinch boySTU
- 33ADisplays loyaltySTICKSTOGETHER
- 37AFried fair fareTWINKIE
- 38ALegend in their own mindTINHORN
- 39AGuard against bachelorette party mix-upsWINEGLASSCHARM
- 41A[!!!]OMG
- 42AStart to matterANTI
- 43AConstantly shifting, sayANTSY
- 45APractice grp.DRS
- 46APut downLAND
- 49A"None but yourself who are your greatest __": LongfellowFOE
- 50AMade like many moussesDOMED
- 53ACharismatic confidenceMOJO
- 54ABookstore drawerCAFE
- 55AHotel Bossa Nova neighborhoodIPANEMA
- 57ABooze brand adjectivized in adsABSOLUT
- 59AAuditedSATINON
- 60ATurn offREPULSE
- 61APalmetto Bowl combatantCLEMSON
- 62AWas exhaustedLAPSED
- 1D"Avoid fertilizer," from Angler MagazinePROTIP
- 2DSave-yourself sawSINKORSWIM
- 3DTrying to advanceADVOCATING
- 4DGifts with 32 kukui nutsLEIS
- 5DVette body redesignMOD
- 6DCardigan elbow, oftenSUEDE
- 7DWhat you'd expect to find in coat closetsRODS
- 8D__-highACE
- 9DPigeons' plaintWEVEBEENHAD
- 10DApproves with enthusiasmHAILS
- 11DPioneers in freeze-drying (c. 13th century)INCA
- 12DWhat you take inDIET
- 13DImpede oppositeEASE
- 15DLoathsome oneTOAD
- 21DExileBOOT
- 24DSettings for creepers and cactiROCKGARDENS
- 25DPoirot forteLOGIC
- 27DTake a range of coursesDINE
- 29DWhat Fortnite forbidsBOTS
- 30DTargets not hitSHORTFALLS
- 31DPage with privacy policiesTERMSOFUSE
- 32DPoesy's "foster-child of silence"URN
- 34DThey're thermally insulatedKILNS
- 35DSan Andreas, for Calaveras CountySEAT
- 36DWhat "from" is often amended toTHAN
- 37DComplement of West Point's first graduating classTWO
- 40DAgrarian cylinderSILO
- 44DThrew hard, per the OED (since 2022)YEETED
- 45DGeorge's garb on the Abbey Road coverDENIM
- 47DAllowing a look out, sayAJAR
- 48DPeace offeringNOBEL
- 50DChip shapeDISC
- 51DIntro for -esceOPAL
- 52DFirst __MATE
- 53D"Father of American Education"MANN
- 54DUltimately silent smashing successCOUP
- 56DDairy reportMOO
- 58DPlace for tubs and scrubsSPA
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The Saturday, October 4, 2025 grid has 72 entries. Every clue and its solution is listed above.
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