Newsday Crossword Answers for Saturday, September 13, 2025
Saturday, September 13, 2025/70 clues solved
Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Saturday, September 13, 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
- 1Attack
- 11First of a certain 26
- 15"That's a surprise!"
- 16Deal breaker
- 17Karl Benz's first car (1885)
- 18Green snapper
- 19Tends to
- 20Self-reproach
- 21Almost
- 22All Nancy Drew book authors
- 23Underground flow
- 27C to F and F to B
- 2818-Across shade
- 29Medical show prop
- 31"...love but __ forever": Burns
- 32Wing bone
- 33Sacher Torte topper
- 34Plato disliked his philosophy
- 35__ game
- 36Be hard on the ears
- 37Tonga is its closest nation
- 38Cabbage + onions + jalapenos...
- 40Map table
- 41"Softest-soft Whitest-white" sloganeer
- 42Contraction missing its middle
- 44Turned over
- 45Sat in a stand
- 50Muffin morsel
- 51Singer name-checked in Darin's "Mack the Knife"
- 52Even-__ (of similar height in a forest)
- 53Mega Stuf snack
- 54Chariot racer in the 67 Olympics
- 55All I Did Was Ask memoirist/broadcaster
Down
- 1Desires (to)
- 2Baby __
- 3Be more than enough for
- 4Snowless flurries
- 5Close enough to reach
- 6Investment ad adjective
- 7Boxster competitor
- 8Boundary improver
- 9"__ was flattery lost on poet's ear": Scott
- 10Author with half-sisters in China
- 11Keep in place
- 12'65 Oscar score song played by a balalaika band
- 13Into the future
- 14Vehicular feeder
- 20Unenterable
- 22Peace Prize and Primetime Emmy winner in 2007
- 23The Nile runs through it
- 24Juno star, per Wikipedia
- 25Spirit-raising pro
- 26She's absorbed by extravagance
- 27Confound
- 29Fight like heck
- 30Top with a crown
- 33Only quadruple career Grand Slam champ
- 34Secondary swerve
- 36Be more than enough for
- 37Paper to plot pathogen progression, perhaps
- 39Fastskin swimsuit maker
- 40These days
- 42What to pay with the Park Smarter app
- 43Cooper's Rise and Fall of an American Fortune (2023)
- 45Shredded, say
- 46Bertrand Russell's "parent of cruelty"
- 47Pre-__-European languages
- 48Regarding things
- 49Soft drink named for its parental partner
- 51Kit and caboodle
Hints before the answers
- Today's grid is 15x15 with 70 entries.
- There are 33 across and 37 down.
- The longest answer has 10 letters and is 1-across.
- Today's puzzle is titled "SATURDAY STUMPER".
All 70 answers
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- 1AAttackASSAILMENT
- 11AFirst of a certain 26ALFA
- 15A"That's a surprise!"IHADNOIDEA
- 16ADeal breakerNARC
- 17AKarl Benz's first car (1885)MOTORWAGEN
- 18AGreen snapperCROC
- 19ATends toSEESAFTER
- 20ASelf-reproachSHAME
- 21AAlmostNEAR
- 22AAll Nancy Drew book authorsGHOSTS
- 23AUnderground flowSEWAGE
- 27AC to F and F to BFOURTHS
- 28A18-Across shadeOLIVE
- 29AMedical show propCHART
- 31A"...love but __ forever": BurnsHER
- 32AWing boneULNA
- 33ASacher Torte topperGLAZE
- 34APlato disliked his philosophyZENO
- 35A__ gameTIE
- 36ABe hard on the earsGRATE
- 37ATonga is its closest nationSAMOA
- 38ACabbage + onions + jalapenos...HOTSLAW
- 40AMap tableLEGEND
- 41A"Softest-soft Whitest-white" sloganeerSTAPUF
- 42AContraction missing its middleMAAM
- 44ATurned overUPSET
- 45ASat in a standTESTIFIED
- 50AMuffin morselDATE
- 51ASinger name-checked in Darin's "Mack the Knife"LOTTELENYA
- 52AEven-__ (of similar height in a forest)AGED
- 53AMega Stuf snackOREOLOADED
- 54AChariot racer in the 67 OlympicsNERO
- 55AAll I Did Was Ask memoirist/broadcasterTERRYGROSS
- 1DDesires (to)AIMS
- 2DBaby __SHOE
- 3DBe more than enough forSATE
- 4DSnowless flurriesADOS
- 5DClose enough to reachINRANGE
- 6DInvestment ad adjectiveLOWFEE
- 7DBoxster competitorMIATA
- 8DBoundary improverEDGER
- 9D"__ was flattery lost on poet's ear": ScottNEER
- 10DAuthor with half-sisters in ChinaTAN
- 11DKeep in placeANCHOR
- 12D'65 Oscar score song played by a balalaika bandLARASTHEME
- 13DInto the futureFROMTHENON
- 14DVehicular feederACCESSROAD
- 20DUnenterableSHUT
- 22DPeace Prize and Primetime Emmy winner in 2007GORE
- 23DThe Nile runs through itSOUTHSUDAN
- 24DJuno star, per WikipediaELLIOTPAGE
- 25DSpirit-raising proWINETASTER
- 26DShe's absorbed by extravaganceAVA
- 27DConfoundFAZE
- 29DFight like heckCLAW
- 30DTop with a crownHAT
- 33DOnly quadruple career Grand Slam champGRAF
- 34DSecondary swerveZAG
- 36DBe more than enough forGLUT
- 37DPaper to plot pathogen progression, perhapsSEMILOG
- 39DFastskin swimsuit makerSPEEDO
- 40DThese daysLATELY
- 42DWhat to pay with the Park Smarter appMETER
- 43DCooper's Rise and Fall of an American Fortune (2023)ASTOR
- 45DShredded, sayTORE
- 46DBertrand Russell's "parent of cruelty"FEAR
- 47DPre-__-European languagesINDO
- 48DRegarding thingsEYES
- 49DSoft drink named for its parental partnerDADS
- 51DKit and caboodleLOT
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The Saturday, September 13, 2025 grid has 70 entries. Every clue and its solution is listed above.
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