OFF-WHITE
Across
- ID no. on a bank statement
- Bonus song at a concert
- Fraction of a min.
- Looks up to
- Use a shovel
- "Santa __ Is Coming to Town"
- Bismarck, North __
- Ancient legend
- Person finding gems in the sea
- TV antenna of old
- Sound heard in a dairy herd
- Shakespearean king
- Swoop down (on)
- Approximately
- English TV network
- Gym clothes, informally
- Seek answers
- Beef-and-potatoes meal
- Create, as a cartoon
- Your and my
- Typical
- Colt's mother
- Moving to and __
- 11- and 12-year-olds
- Initial poker stake
- Hideaway for the impractical
- Musical speeds
- Have fond hopes
- Football official, for short
- Look up to
- Less diluted
- Noisemakers worn in dairy herds
- Telling fibs
- Three-layer cookie
- Generic dog name
- Hiker's woe, perhaps
- Tubular pasta
Down
- Allow inside
- "So what __ is new?"
- Angry tirade
- Sign of things to come
- Custard-filled pastry
- At this moment
- Main dinner course
- Throng
- Coin in Spain and Italy
- Low-pressure persuasion
- Pipsqueak
- Billiards bounce
- Have a yen for
- Tree sources of syrup
- Take to court
- Brazilian dance
- Metric weights, for short
- Out in the open
- Make fun of
- Archer's missile
- Comics cry of pain
- Atlas pages
- Factual
- Steals from
- Part of a play
- Make a mistake
- Olden times
- Egyptian snake
- Relinquish legally
- Go by plane
- Great Lake bordering Ohio
- Jogger's pace
- Bro's sibling
- Fine dinnerware
- Left the premises
- Rocks that are mined
- Deal with difficulties
- Severe traffic jam
- Head-moving approval
- Old-fashioned "Oh, my!"
- Snakelike fish
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Tuesday, February 25, 2025 is titled “OFF-WHITE” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. The puzzle features 78 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.
Click any clue above to view its dedicated answer page, which includes letter-by-letter analysis, the puzzle context, and a history of every other Newsday puzzle the same clue or answer has appeared in. To see the complete grid filled in with every answer, use the “Reveal grid” button at the top of the grid.
The Newsday Crossword is published daily by Newsday on Long Island and edited by Stan Newman. Difficulty builds across the week from a gentle Monday introduction up to Saturday’s legendary themeless Stumper. The official puzzle is available on the Newsday Games site. For other days, browse the complete Newsday Crossword archive indexed by date.