BELL RINGING
Across
- Baseball official, for short
- Motion picture
- Not feeling well
- Scent detectors
- "Half" prefix for circle
- Line of stitches
- Seaweed
- Twosome
- Check-in area with a bell to summon bellhops
- In addition
- __ and kicking (robust)
- "Scat!"
- Song for one singer
- Sound from a goose
- Speed contests
- Plant stalk
- Boats like Noah's
- Sandwich bread
- Any sports squad
- Hawaiian greeting
- Notion
- India's continent
- Julius Caesar's language
- Lion's sound
- Bicycle part with a bell attached
- Antlered animals
- Guide a vehicle
- Hiking trail
- Any number in a spreadsheet
- Take a photo of
- Coins used in France
- School test
- Bath powder ingredient
- Mentally sound
- "Low-power" coffee
- Wicked
- "So what __ is new?"
- Take a quick nap
- Wanderer
Down
- Salt Lake City's state
- "The Red Planet"
- Lose air, as a tire
- Much-admired person
- Building with a bell to signal blaze fighters
- Dorothy and Toto's home state
- Baby bird's sound
- Slightest trace
- Very thick slice
- Create a portrait
- Flat-topped lands
- North African desert
- Not feeling well
- Back tooth
- "Golly!"
- Dislike greatly
- Black hardwood
- Land surrounded by ocean
- Quarterback's throw
- Frequently
- __-tock (clock sound)
- Pre-holiday nights
- Harness for oxen
- Manufactured
- Gave a warning to
- __ Miserables
- Fill in __ blank
- Spoken aloud
- Chopped down
- Folded Mexican snacks
- Heavy weights
- Catch sight of
- Trail-following paper puzzle
- Where a bell signals students
- Chauffeur-driven car
- Shakespeare's river
- Number of years in a decade
- Women
- Near-failing grade
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Monday, January 6, 2025 is titled “BELL RINGING” and was constructed by Doug Peterson. 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.