THINK PINK
Across
- Flying insects attracted to light
- Poker player's wager-matching comment
- Grocery sack
- Holder for a gallery painting
- West Point students
- Without a doubt
- General's fighting force
- "Now I understand!"
- "That didn't work"
- Radar screen flash
- Loosen, as shoelaces
- Often-pink chew for kids
- Retail shops
- Major social gathering
- Written promise to pay
- Tuba's metallic alloy
- Place to exercise
- Stops for a break
- Deplete completely
- Nation south of Canada: Abbr.
- "It's the truth!"
- Often-pink long-legged shore birds
- Kitchen's range
- Feminine parent
- __ of Mexico (water west of Florida)
- On behalf of
- Here today, __ tomorrow
- Add more film to a camera
- Nasal sounds of scorn
- Towel or pillowcase
- Police officers
- Endow, as a scholarship
- Masculine parents, informally
- Immediately, in a memo
- Ready, willing and __
- Tunes performed
- Nose, slangily
- Price labels
- Rooster or ram
Down
- Ear covering in winter
- Impolite look
- Resided
- Hawaiian greeting
- Often-pink carnival confection
- Shoe's padding
- Car fuel
- __ now (so far)
- Military trumpet
- Water faucets
- How to play the kazoo
- Shed a __ (weep)
- Capital of Norway
- Courtroom break
- Infant's bed
- Ship's tracking device
- Prefix for violet
- Book of personal photos
- Feeling nothing
- Harbor's floating marker
- Improves, as wine
- Search (for)
- Quantities: Abbr.
- Enormous
- Day before a holiday
- Convent residents
- Repairs with thread
- Often-pink sources of breakfast juice
- Wedding bands
- Whitish gemstone
- Unwelcome email
- Rocket-launching agency
- Fencer's thrust
- Evil scheme
- Full collections
- Woodwind instrument
- Having much lather
- Piece of celery
- Promotional assortment to try
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Monday, January 20, 2025 is titled “THINK PINK” and was constructed by Sally R. Stein. 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.