Newsday Crossword hints and answers for September 13, 2025
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Clues70
Across33
Down37
TitleSATURDAY STUMPER
Today’s Newsday Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
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Attack (10)
Starts with A, ends with TASSAILMENT→
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First of a certain 26 (4)
Starts with A, ends with AALFA→
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"That's a surprise!" (10)
Starts with I, ends with AIHADNOIDEA→
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Deal breaker (4)
Starts with N, ends with CNARC→
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Karl Benz's first car (1885) (10)
Starts with M, ends with NMOTORWAGEN→
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Green snapper (4)
Starts with C, ends with CCROC→
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Tends to (9)
Starts with S, ends with RSEESAFTER→
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Self-reproach (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESHAME→
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Almost (4)
Starts with N, ends with RNEAR→
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All Nancy Drew book authors (6)
Starts with G, ends with SGHOSTS→
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Underground flow (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESEWAGE→
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C to F and F to B (7)
Starts with F, ends with SFOURTHS→
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18-Across shade (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOLIVE→
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Medical show prop (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCHART→
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"...love but __ forever": Burns (3)
Starts with H, ends with RHER→
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Wing bone (4)
Starts with U, ends with AULNA→
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Sacher Torte topper (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGLAZE→
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Plato disliked his philosophy (4)
Starts with Z, ends with OZENO→
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__ game (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETIE→
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Be hard on the ears (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGRATE→
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Tonga is its closest nation (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASAMOA→
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Cabbage + onions + jalapenos... (7)
Starts with H, ends with WHOTSLAW→
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Map table (6)
Starts with L, ends with DLEGEND→
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"Softest-soft Whitest-white" sloganeer (6)
Starts with S, ends with FSTAPUF→
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Contraction missing its middle (4)
Starts with M, ends with MMAAM→
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Turned over (5)
Starts with U, ends with TUPSET→
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Sat in a stand (9)
Starts with T, ends with DTESTIFIED→
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Muffin morsel (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDATE→
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Singer name-checked in Darin's "Mack the Knife" (10)
Starts with L, ends with ALOTTELENYA→
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Even-__ (of similar height in a forest) (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAGED→
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Mega Stuf snack (10)
Starts with O, ends with DOREOLOADED→
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Chariot racer in the 67 Olympics (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONERO→
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All I Did Was Ask memoirist/broadcaster (10)
Starts with T, ends with STERRYGROSS→
Down
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Desires (to) (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAIMS→
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Baby __ (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESHOE→
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Be more than enough for (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESATE→
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Snowless flurries (4)
Starts with A, ends with SADOS→
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Close enough to reach (7)
Starts with I, ends with EINRANGE→
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Investment ad adjective (6)
Starts with L, ends with ELOWFEE→
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Boxster competitor (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMIATA→
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Boundary improver (5)
Starts with E, ends with REDGER→
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"__ was flattery lost on poet's ear": Scott (4)
Starts with N, ends with RNEER→
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Author with half-sisters in China (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTAN→
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Keep in place (6)
Starts with A, ends with RANCHOR→
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'65 Oscar score song played by a balalaika band (10)
Starts with L, ends with ELARASTHEME→
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Into the future (10)
Starts with F, ends with NFROMTHENON→
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Vehicular feeder (10)
Starts with A, ends with DACCESSROAD→
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Unenterable (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSHUT→
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Peace Prize and Primetime Emmy winner in 2007 (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGORE→
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The Nile runs through it (10)
Starts with S, ends with NSOUTHSUDAN→
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Juno star, per Wikipedia (10)
Starts with E, ends with EELLIOTPAGE→
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Spirit-raising pro (10)
Starts with W, ends with RWINETASTER→
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She's absorbed by extravagance (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAVA→
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Confound (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFAZE→
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Fight like heck (4)
Starts with C, ends with WCLAW→
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Top with a crown (3)
Starts with H, ends with THAT→
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Only quadruple career Grand Slam champ (4)
Starts with G, ends with FGRAF→
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Secondary swerve (3)
Starts with Z, ends with GZAG→
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Be more than enough for (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGLUT→
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Paper to plot pathogen progression, perhaps (7)
Starts with S, ends with GSEMILOG→
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Fastskin swimsuit maker (6)
Starts with S, ends with OSPEEDO→
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These days (6)
Starts with L, ends with YLATELY→
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What to pay with the Park Smarter app (5)
Starts with M, ends with RMETER→
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Cooper's Rise and Fall of an American Fortune (2023) (5)
Starts with A, ends with RASTOR→
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Shredded, say (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETORE→
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Bertrand Russell's "parent of cruelty" (4)
Starts with F, ends with RFEAR→
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Pre-__-European languages (4)
Starts with I, ends with OINDO→
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Regarding things (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEYES→
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Soft drink named for its parental partner (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDADS→
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Kit and caboodle (3)
Starts with L, ends with TLOT→
How to solve the Newsday Crossword
Fill the 15x15 grid so every Across and Down answer matches its clue. The title at the top hints at the theme. Our answer pages list every clue in order with its answer behind a reveal button, and link to a page for each individual clue.
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Newsday Crossword tips for tomorrow
- Use the title. Newsday puzzles are titled, and the title nearly always explains the theme entries.
- Know the pseudonyms. Puzzles by "Lester Ruff" are easier; "Anna Stiga" is Stan again, backwards, and tougher.
- Expect the Stumper to be brutal. Saturday clues are deliberately vague. Fill short words first and let crossings carry you.
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Newsday Crossword FAQ
How many clues are in the Newsday Crossword for September 13, 2025?+
70 clues: 33 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Lester Ruff.
What are some answers in today’s Newsday Crossword?+
For example: Attack (ASSAILMENT); First of a certain 26 (ALFA); "That's a surprise!" (IHADNOIDEA).
Who makes the Newsday Crossword?+
It is edited by Stan Newman, who also constructs many of the puzzles under pseudonyms.
Where can I find past Newsday Crossword answers?+
Every puzzle in our archive has its own page with all answers and a page per clue.
