Today's Across Crossword NYT September 20, 2025 - Every Horizontal Solution Explained
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 34 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 20, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Saturday |
| Total Across Clues | 34 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Tricky |
All Across Clues - Complete List
Here are all 34 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Across | 1. "Hell no!" |
| 2 Across | 10. Group that believes in Gelassenheit (submission to God's will) |
| 3 Across | 15. New customs might incite them |
| 4 Across | 16. Verso's counterpart |
| 5 Across | 17. Spare no indulgence |
| 6 Across | 18. Prime |
| 7 Across | 19. Free of typos, say |
| 8 Across | 20. Hill folk, informally |
| 9 Across | 22. Lay off |
| 10 Across | 23. Special ___ |
| 11 Across | 24. Secure over |
| 12 Across | 25. M.L.B. third baseman ___ Bohm |
| 13 Across | 26. Chilling |
| 14 Across | 29. Sports org. in a 1976 merger |
| 15 Across | 30. Loose sheets in a program, e.g. |
| 16 Across | 33. More constricting |
| 17 Across | 35. Sullen sorts |
| 18 Across | 36. Hit the horn |
| 19 Across | 37. "Need anything else from me?" |
| 20 Across | 39. Kate and Allie of 1980s TV, e.g. |
| 21 Across | 40. Conference acronym |
| 22 Across | 41. "Seems like it" |
| 23 Across | 43. Typically exaggerated length of time |
| 24 Across | 45. Have a standout performance |
| 25 Across | 46. Keep to oneself |
| 26 Across | 49. Watch unseen |
| 27 Across | 50. Typically exaggerated quantity |
| 28 Across | 51. Strip of wood from which a bow is carved |
| 29 Across | 53. ___ acid (staining agent used in electron microscopy) |
| 30 Across | 55. "Later!" |
| 31 Across | 57. Big names |
| 32 Across | 58. Blow it! |
| 33 Across | 59. Famous around-the-world traveler |
| 34 Across | 60. Slower, musically |
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. "Hell no!""
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 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SCREWTHAT
2 Across: "10. Group that believes in Gelassenheit (submission to God's will)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: A___H
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an American follower of the Mennonite religion
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AMISH
3 Across: "15. New customs might incite them"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 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 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TRADEWARS
4 Across: "16. Verso's counterpart"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: R___O
- Opposite of: verso
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: right-hand page
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RECTO
5 Across: "17. Spare no indulgence"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: L_______E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LIVELARGE
6 Across: "18. Prime"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: I___L
- Similar words: nonesuch, nonsuch
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IDEAL
7 Across: "19. Free of typos, say"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: E___D
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: make improvements or corrections to
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EMEND
8 Across: "20. Hill folk, informally"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: P__S
- Similar words: politico, politician
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a person active in party politics
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
POLS
9 Across: "22. Lay off"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: I__E
- Similar words: tick over, unfounded
- Opposite of: busy
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IDLE
10 Across: "23. Special ___"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OPS
11 Across: "24. Secure over"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: R___E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: tie again or anew
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RETIE
12 Across: "25. M.L.B. third baseman ___ Bohm"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'C'
- Word pattern: A__C
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ALEC
13 Across: "26. Chilling"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: F______E
- Similar words: terrible, dreadful
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: causing fear or dread or terror
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FEARSOME
14 Across: "29. Sports org. in a 1976 merger"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'A'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ABA
15 Across: "30. Loose sheets in a program, e.g."
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: I_____S
- Similar words: inclose, enclose
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
INSERTS
16 Across: "33. More constricting"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: T_____R
- Similar words: pixilated, blind drunk
- Opposite of: leaky
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: closely constrained or constricted or constricting
- This is Across clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TIGHTER
17 Across: "35. Sullen sorts"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: M____S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MOPERS
18 Across: "36. Hit the horn"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: T____D
- Similar words: blare, claxon
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: make a loud noise
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TOOTED
19 Across: "37. "Need anything else from me?""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 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 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AMIDONE
20 Across: "39. Kate and Allie of 1980s TV, e.g."
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: M_____S
- Similar words: get, beget
- Opposite of: male parent
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MOTHERS
21 Across: "40. Conference acronym"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'D'
- Similar words: Teddy boy
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TED
22 Across: "41. "Seems like it""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: R______O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RECKONSO
23 Across: "43. Typically exaggerated length of time"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: A__S
- Similar words: get on, senesce
- Opposite of: rejuvenate
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: how long something has existed
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AGES
24 Across: "45. Have a standout performance"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: S___E
- Similar words: smoothen, beam
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
- This is Across clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SHINE
25 Across: "46. Keep to oneself"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'G'
- Similar words: grunter, squealer
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HOG
26 Across: "49. Watch unseen"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'K'
- Word pattern: L__K
- Similar words: loaf, ambush
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: lie in wait
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LURK
27 Across: "50. Typically exaggerated quantity"
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
- Similar words: scads, loads
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a large number or amount
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TONS
28 Across: "51. Strip of wood from which a bow is carved"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: S___E
- Similar words: round, lag
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
STAVE
29 Across: "53. ___ acid (staining agent used in electron microscopy)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'C'
- Word pattern: O___C
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OSMIC
30 Across: "55. "Later!""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: I_______T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IGOTTAJET
31 Across: "57. Big names"
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: star topology, mavin
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
STARS
32 Across: "58. Blow it!"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'G'
- Word pattern: S_______G
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SMOKERING
33 Across: "59. Famous around-the-world traveler"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: S___A
- Similar words: Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SANTA
34 Across: "60. Slower, musically"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 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 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MENOMOSSO
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 34 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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