Today’s Saturday Stumper

I found today’s Newsday  Saturday Stumper, by Matthew Sewell, surprisingly easy. I sat down with a Rhodia pencil and had to use its cap eraser just twice.

Some clue-and-answer pairs of note:

1-A, four letters, “Outmoded agenda savers.” Where’s mine?

2-D, six letters, “Marxes’ frequent female foil.” A gimme for me.

9-D, six letters, “Garfield frenemy.” Sad that the first Garfield that comes to mind is a cartoon cat and not an actor (John), bluesman (Akers), or president (James).

17-A, fifteen letters, “Digitally overwhelmed declaration.” I wrote in the answer with no hesitation. Not that I’ve ever had to make such a declaration.

31-A, six letters, “Tear-down artists.” I must be on Matthew Sewell’s wavelength today.

35-A, eleven letters, “MLB debut in 2025’s spring training.” What, really? Yes, really.

36-D, eight letters, “Garland’s Wizard of Oz dress.” Quaint.

40-D, six letters, “Ball atop a flagpole.” For some reason I know this word.

55-A, fifteen letters, “Carter Center observer.” And what might the current occupant do in his post-presidency, if he has one?

61-A, five letters, “Gretzky Pinot Grigio measure.” Wayne Gretzky has a winery? With 35-A, it was the answer that challenged my grasp of reality. Here it’s the clue that does so.

A baffler, that I understood only after finishing the puzzle and looking it up: 18-D, three letters, “Shuttle propeller.”

My favorite in this puzzle: 41-A, three letters, “It plugs away 24-7.” Talk about a value-added clue.

No spoilers; the answers are in the comments.