Across Clues NYT September 23, 2025 - Today's Complete Horizontal Solutions
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 23, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Tuesday |
| Total Across Clues | 37 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Easy |
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. Some cookbook measurements: Abbr. |
| 2 Across | 5. Teacher for just a day, informally |
| 3 Across | 8. Cannon sound |
| 4 Across | 13. Holly locales, in a Christmas carol |
| 5 Across | 15. Passover mo., usually |
| 6 Across | 16. Iliac artery feeder |
| 7 Across | 17. Inbox contents |
| 8 Across | 18. *Serves, as soup or ice cream |
| 9 Across | 20. Line dance |
| 10 Across | 21. Whole lot |
| 11 Across | 22. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay |
| 12 Across | 23. *Gymgoer's goal, perhaps |
| 13 Across | 26. Org. taking X-rays |
| 14 Across | 27. Hollywood's Janet or Vivien |
| 15 Across | 30. Shambles |
| 16 Across | 33. Some Rhode Island Reds |
| 17 Across | 37. Elite squad |
| 18 Across | 39. Go ___ over |
| 19 Across | 40. *Where the starts of the answers to the five starred clues can all be found |
| 20 Across | 42. Detergent brand |
| 21 Across | 43. "On the Road Again," for one |
| 22 Across | 45. Go ___ over |
| 23 Across | 46. Bias |
| 24 Across | 47. Treasure holder |
| 25 Across | 49. Nov. 11 honoree |
| 26 Across | 51. *Accessory for Abraham Lincoln |
| 27 Across | 58. Slaughter in the Baseball Hall of 61-Across |
| 28 Across | 61. See 58-Across |
| 29 Across | 62. Eyewear, informally |
| 30 Across | 63. *Refreshes one's knowledge of |
| 31 Across | 65. Biggest city in Nebraska |
| 32 Across | 66. Forthright |
| 33 Across | 67. Flesh-eating creature in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 34 Across | 68. Worker with a van |
| 35 Across | 69. Giving back talk |
| 36 Across | 70. Alternative to white |
| 37 Across | 71. Pharmaceuticals, for short |
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. Some cookbook measurements: Abbr."
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: T__S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TSPS
2 Across: "5. Teacher for just a day, informally"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'B'
- Similar words: grinder, Cuban sandwich
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SUB
3 Across: "8. Cannon sound"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: B___T
- Similar words: gust, attack
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a very long fly ball
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BLAST
4 Across: "13. Holly locales, in a Christmas carol"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: H___S
- Similar words: foyer, mansion
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HALLS
5 Across: "15. Passover mo., usually"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'R'
- Similar words: April
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the month following March and preceding May
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
APR
6 Across: "16. Iliac artery feeder"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: A___A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AORTA
7 Across: "17. Inbox contents"
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
- Similar words: netmail, e-mail
- Opposite of: snail mail
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EMAIL
8 Across: "18. *Serves, as soup or ice cream"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 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 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SPOONSOUT
9 Across: "20. Line dance"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: C___A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: music composed for dancing the conga
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CONGA
10 Across: "21. Whole lot"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: H__P
- Similar words: flock, great deal
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HEAP
11 Across: "22. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: E__A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EDNA
12 Across: "23. *Gymgoer's goal, perhaps"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 12 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: W__________S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WASHBOARDABS
13 Across: "26. Org. taking X-rays"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'A'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TSA
14 Across: "27. Hollywood's Janet or Vivien"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: L___H
- Similar words: Vivien Leigh
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: English film actress (1913-1967)
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LEIGH
15 Across: "30. Shambles"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: M__S
- Similar words: mussiness, flock
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a state of confusion and disorderliness
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MESS
16 Across: "33. Some Rhode Island Reds"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: H__S
- Similar words: biddy, hen
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: adult female chicken
- This is Across clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HENS
17 Across: "37. Elite squad"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: A___M
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ATEAM
18 Across: "39. Go ___ over"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
- Similar words: aper, anthropoid
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
APE
19 Across: "40. *Where the starts of the answers to the five starred clues can all be found"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'J' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: J_____D
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
JUGBAND
20 Across: "42. Detergent brand"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'A'
- Similar words: geological era, epoch
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ERA
21 Across: "43. "On the Road Again," for one"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: T___E
- Similar words: championship, entitle
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TITLE
22 Across: "45. Go ___ over"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: G__A
- Similar words: doddery, wild
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: mentally or physically infirm with age
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GAGA
23 Across: "46. Bias"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'W'
- Word pattern: S__W
- Similar words: skewed
- Opposite of: align
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: turn or place at an angle
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SKEW
24 Across: "47. Treasure holder"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: C___T
- Similar words: breast, bureau
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CHEST
25 Across: "49. Nov. 11 honoree"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'V' and ends with 'T'
- Similar words: veterinary, ex-serviceman
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
VET
26 Across: "51. *Accessory for Abraham Lincoln"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 12 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 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
STOVEPIPEHAT
27 Across: "58. Slaughter in the Baseball Hall of 61-Across"
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
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ENOS
28 Across: "61. See 58-Across"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: F__E
- Similar words: renown, celebrity
- Opposite of: infamy
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
- This is Across clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FAME
29 Across: "62. Eyewear, informally"
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: spec, specification
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SPECS
30 Across: "63. *Refreshes one's knowledge of"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: B_______N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BONESUPON
31 Across: "65. Biggest city in Nebraska"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: O___A
- Similar words: Maha
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OMAHA
32 Across: "66. Forthright"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: B___T
- Similar words: benumb, numb
- Opposite of: enliven
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: make less intense
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BLUNT
33 Across: "67. Flesh-eating creature in "The Lord of the Rings""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'C'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ORC
34 Across: "68. Worker with a van"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: M___R
- Similar words: moving company, removal firm
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: workman employed by a moving company
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MOVER
35 Across: "69. Giving back talk"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: S___Y
- Similar words: overbold, wise
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: improperly forward or bold
- This is Across clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SASSY
36 Across: "70. Alternative to white"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
- Similar words: rye whiskey, Secale cereale
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the seed of the cereal grass
- This is Across clue number 36
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RYE
37 Across: "71. Pharmaceuticals, for short"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: M__S
- Similar words: MEd
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a master's degree in education
- This is Across clue number 37
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MEDS
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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