BREAKFAST TABLE
Across
- Cities with harbors
- Minor error
- Business TV channel
- Citrus drink
- Hair arrangements, for short
- All finished
- Surf and __ (seafood/beef dinner)
- Furniture that seats three
- Dinner course with lettuce
- Ocean east of Florida: Abbr.
- Higher than
- Topping for pancakes
- Homeowner's document
- Frozen waffle brand
- Person dining
- Hill-building insects
- __ year (2024 or 2028)
- Flair for fashion
- Take __ (disassemble)
- Prefix for chute of medic
- Bike wheel
- "Lumps" that sweeten coffee
- Plant's underground portion
- Rural hotels
- Got into a chair
- Brown photo tint
- Shun socially
- Sound of a leaky faucet
- Dairy drink portion that might be "skim"
- Young boy
- Hairdresser's shop
- Family reunion group
- Without any warranty
- Theater platform
- Spreadsheet number, for short
- Lo-cal, on labels
- Not on time
- Transmit by phone line
- Ten Commandments mountain
Down
- Fathers, informally
- Canaries and collies
- Metal in barbells
- Roaring big cat
- Suburban lineup of stores
- Fidel of Cuba
- Bakery loaves
- Catches, as a criminal
- Computer's "brain": Abbr.
- Thin cord
- Mouse-catching devices
- Be furious
- Numbered musical work
- Tooth's outer layer
- Period since fast planes first took off
- Removes pencil marks
- Lunge towards
- Fencing contest
- Showily imitative
- Group of women paid to putt: Abbr.
- What shoes surround
- Appliance for baking
- Ginger ale or cola
- __-K (school for toddlers)
- Cut (off), as branches
- Sealants around windows
- Angler's worm
- "No __, ands, or buts!"
- Rodeo rope
- Just waking up
- Prince William's mother
- Major malfunction
- Trojan War epic poem
- State-run numbers game
- Joints of legs
- Ethical norms
- Forgive, as an absence
- Trot or gallop
- "Where did __ wrong?"
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Monday, March 17, 2025 is titled “BREAKFAST TABLE” 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.