NYT Across Crossword September 22, 2025 - Master All 37 Left-to-Right Clues
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 37 Across clues. We have all the horizontal answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!
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About Today's Across Clues
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Date | September 22, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Monday |
| Total Across Clues | 37 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Medium |
All Across Clues - Complete List
Here are all 37 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Across | 1. School stat like 3.5 or 4.0 |
| 2 Across | 4. Yeast, mold and mushrooms |
| 3 Across | 9. Desert plants with needles |
| 4 Across | 14. Tree with "American" and "slippery" varieties |
| 5 Across | 15. Alaskan native |
| 6 Across | 16. Synthetic fabric once common in sweaters |
| 7 Across | 17. Born as |
| 8 Across | 18. Wine choice in southern France |
| 9 Across | 20. Bonkers |
| 10 Across | 22. Compete (for) |
| 11 Across | 23. Changes with the times |
| 12 Across | 24. Females that may be fleeced |
| 13 Across | 26. Cinema showing |
| 14 Across | 27. Canadian P.M. who is the son of another Canadian P.M. |
| 15 Across | 32. Cyber Monday sector |
| 16 Across | 33. Put to work |
| 17 Across | 34. Ask God (for) |
| 18 Across | 37. Identify in a Facebook photo |
| 19 Across | 38. Where canines sleep |
| 20 Across | 42. "Du-u-ude!" |
| 21 Across | 43. Basketball's O'Neal, to fans |
| 22 Across | 45. Keanu Reeves's character in "The Matrix" |
| 23 Across | 46. To no ___ (ineffectively) |
| 24 Across | 48. Platform for Donkey Kong Country |
| 25 Across | 52. Ingredient in many hand lotions |
| 26 Across | 53. The lion's share |
| 27 Across | 54. Cigarette butt receptacle |
| 28 Across | 57. Major N.Y.C. concert venue |
| 29 Across | 58. Do the backstroke or breaststroke |
| 30 Across | 62. Chunks found in Ben & Jerry's Half Baked ice cream |
| 31 Across | 65. Avant-garde musical artist Yoko |
| 32 Across | 66. Fixed, as a piano |
| 33 Across | 67. "The Godfather" author Puzo |
| 34 Across | 68. Frequently, to a poet |
| 35 Across | 69. Winter coasters |
| 36 Across | 70. Surgical tube |
| 37 Across | 71. Cry from Homer … or a phonetic hint to the ends of 18-, 27-, 48- and 62- Across |
Detailed Hints and Answers for All Across Clues
Need help? Here are comprehensive hints and answers for each Across clue. Also check these helpful guides:
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Complete Across Solutions:
1 Across: "1. School stat like 3.5 or 4.0"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'A'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GPA
2 Across: "4. Yeast, mold and mushrooms"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'I'
- Word pattern: F___I
- Similar words: kingdom Fungi, fungus kingdom
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the taxonomic kingdom including yeast
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FUNGI
3 Across: "9. Desert plants with needles"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'I'
- Word pattern: C___I
- Similar words: cactus
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CACTI
4 Across: "14. Tree with "American" and "slippery" varieties"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'M'
- Similar words: elmwood, elm tree
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ELM
5 Across: "15. Alaskan native"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: I___T
- Similar words: Eskimo, Esquimau
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
INUIT
6 Across: "16. Synthetic fabric once common in sweaters"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: O___N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ORLON
7 Across: "17. Born as"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'E'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NEE
8 Across: "18. Wine choice in southern France"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'X'
- Word pattern: R_________X
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
REDBORDEAUX
9 Across: "20. Bonkers"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'Z' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: Z__Y
- Similar words: sappy, goofy
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ZANY
10 Across: "22. Compete (for)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'V' and ends with 'E'
- Similar words: contend, compete
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
VIE
11 Across: "23. Changes with the times"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: A____S
- Similar words: conform, adapt
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: make fit for
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ADAPTS
12 Across: "24. Females that may be fleeced"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: E__S
- Similar words: ewe, Ewe
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EWES
13 Across: "26. Cinema showing"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: F__M
- Similar words: picture show, celluloid
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FILM
14 Across: "27. Canadian P.M. who is the son of another Canadian P.M."
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 13 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'J' and ends with 'U'
- Word pattern: J___________U
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
JUSTINTRUDEAU
15 Across: "32. Cyber Monday sector"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: E___L
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ETAIL
16 Across: "33. Put to work"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'E'
- Similar words: employ, consumption
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the act of using
- This is Across clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
USE
17 Across: "34. Ask God (for)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: P__Y
- Similar words: implore, beg
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: address a deity
- This is Across clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PRAY
18 Across: "37. Identify in a Facebook photo"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'G'
- Similar words: chase, track
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a label written or printed on paper
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TAG
19 Across: "38. Where canines sleep"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: D_____S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DOGBEDS
20 Across: "42. "Du-u-ude!""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'O'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BRO
21 Across: "43. Basketball's O'Neal, to fans"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'Q'
- Word pattern: S__Q
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SHAQ
22 Across: "45. Keanu Reeves's character in "The Matrix""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'O'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: (used as a combining form) recent or new
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NEO
23 Across: "46. To no ___ (ineffectively)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: A___L
- Similar words: help, service
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a means of serving
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AVAIL
24 Across: "48. Platform for Donkey Kong Country"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 13 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: S___________O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SUPERNINTENDO
25 Across: "52. Ingredient in many hand lotions"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: A__E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ALOE
26 Across: "53. The lion's share"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: M__T
- Similar words: about, near
- Opposite of: fewest
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MOST
27 Across: "54. Cigarette butt receptacle"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: A____N
- Similar words: trash can, ash bin
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ASHCAN
28 Across: "57. Major N.Y.C. concert venue"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'G'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MSG
29 Across: "58. Do the backstroke or breaststroke"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: S__M
- Similar words: drown, float
- Opposite of: sink
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the act of swimming; :
- This is Across clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SWIM
30 Across: "62. Chunks found in Ben & Jerry's Half Baked ice cream"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: C_________H
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
COOKIEDOUGH
31 Across: "65. Avant-garde musical artist Yoko"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'O'
- Similar words: Yoko Ono
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ONO
32 Across: "66. Fixed, as a piano"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: T___D
- Similar words: tune up, tune
- Opposite of: untune
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: adjust for (better) functioning
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TUNED
33 Across: "67. "The Godfather" author Puzo"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: M___O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MARIO
34 Across: "68. Frequently, to a poet"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'T'
- Similar words: oftentimes, frequently
- Opposite of: infrequently
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: many times at short intervals
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OFT
35 Across: "69. Winter coasters"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: S___S
- Similar words: sledge, sled
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SLEDS
36 Across: "70. Surgical tube"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: S___T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 36
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
STENT
37 Across: "71. Cry from Homer … or a phonetic hint to the ends of 18-, 27-, 48- and 62- Across"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'H'
- Similar words: do, ut
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 37
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DOH
Expert Strategies for Solving Across Clues
Master the horizontal clues with these professional tips:
Why Start with Across Clues?
- Across clues often provide more letter intersections
- Reading left to right feels more natural
- Many common phrases run horizontally
- Across answers often help solve Down clues
Across Clue Patterns to Recognize
- Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Across entries
- Common phrases: Many idioms run horizontally
- Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
- Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Across
- Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear horizontally
Time-Saving Across Techniques
| Technique | How It Helps |
|---|---|
| Scan all Across first | Get a mental map of the horizontal flow |
| Fill short Across words | 3-4 letter words are often articles or prepositions |
| Use crossing letters | Down letters help confirm Across answers |
| Look for themes | Related Across answers often share a theme |
Frequently Asked Questions About Across Clues
What are Across clues in crossword puzzles?
Across clues are the horizontal entries in a crossword puzzle that read from left to right. They're numbered and correspond to specific rows in the grid.
Should I solve Across or Down clues first?
Many solvers prefer starting with Across clues because reading left-to-right feels more natural. However, the best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.
How many Across clues are in today's puzzle?
Today's NYT crossword has 37 Across clues.
Are Across clues easier than Down clues?
Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Across clues often contain more common phrases and expressions.
How do Across clues interact with Down clues?
Across and Down clues intersect at various points in the grid. Solving one can provide letters that help solve the other, making the puzzle easier as you progress.
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