Today's Across Crossword NYT October 02, 2025 - Every Horizontal Solution Explained
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 39 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 | October 02, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Thursday |
| Total Across Clues | 39 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Challenging |
All Across Clues - Complete List
Here are all 39 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Across | 1. "That so?" or "Uh-huh, that's so" |
| 2 Across | 5. Abbr. that often follows a comma |
| 3 Across | 8. Hardly anyone counts on this anymore |
| 4 Across | 14. Shakespearean villain |
| 5 Across | 15. Zip |
| 6 Across | 16. Wine and dine |
| 7 Across | 17. How something distinctive appears |
| 8 Across | 19. Any member of a band dubbed "The President's Own" |
| 9 Across | 20. Leveled the playing field, say? |
| 10 Across | 21. Fight night sites |
| 11 Across | 22. Shortage of a sort |
| 12 Across | 25. Cardinal's honorific |
| 13 Across | 27. Suppose |
| 14 Across | 29. Feel 41-Across |
| 15 Across | 30. ___ Summitt, legendary women's basketball coach |
| 16 Across | 33. Asian city one can view within Instagram? |
| 17 Across | 34. Among others, for short |
| 18 Across | 37. Well-informed |
| 19 Across | 39. Writer Zora ___ Hurston |
| 20 Across | 41. See 29-Across |
| 21 Across | 42. Its hands might be near one of yours |
| 22 Across | 43. Common daytime spots for first dates |
| 23 Across | 44. Part of a list at an awards show |
| 24 Across | 46. Biker's selection |
| 25 Across | 47. Doc seen for sinusitis |
| 26 Across | 48. Austin summer hrs. |
| 27 Across | 50. Board meeting handout |
| 28 Across | 52. Discusses at length |
| 29 Across | 55. Pin number? |
| 30 Across | 56. Literary detective whose final case is in 1975's "Curtain" |
| 31 Across | 59. Sounds heard in haunted houses |
| 32 Across | 61. What might prompt someone to close a window |
| 33 Across | 62. Classic computer game whose players avoid hazardous items in a grid … as suggested by this puzzle? |
| 34 Across | 66. Eye, slangily |
| 35 Across | 67. Actress Long |
| 36 Across | 68. "You'll ___" |
| 37 Across | 69. Sabotage |
| 38 Across | 70. Lift a finger, so to speak |
| 39 Across | 71. Output of a social media algorithm |
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. "That so?" or "Uh-huh, that's so""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: Y__H
- Similar words: yea
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: not only so
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
YEAH
2 Across: "5. Abbr. that often follows a comma"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'C'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ETC
3 Across: "8. Hardly anyone counts on this anymore"
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
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ABACUS
4 Across: "14. Shakespearean villain"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: I__O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IAGO
5 Across: "15. Zip"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'L'
- Similar words: cypher, null
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a quantity of no importance
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NIL
6 Across: "16. Wine and dine"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: R____E
- Similar words: treat
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: provide with choice or abundant food or drink
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
REGALE
7 Across: "17. How something distinctive appears"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: P_________Y
- Similar words: conspicuously
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: in a prominent way
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PROMINENTLY
8 Across: "19. Any member of a band dubbed "The President's Own""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: M____E
- Similar words: leatherneck, maritime
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a member of the United States Marine Corps
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MARINE
9 Across: "20. Leveled the playing field, say?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: M___D
- Similar words: mop, cut down
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: cut with a blade or mower
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MOWED
10 Across: "21. Fight night sites"
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: area, sports stadium
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a particular environment or walk of life
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ARENAS
11 Across: "22. Shortage of a sort"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: F____E
- Similar words: dearth, shortage
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an acute insufficiency
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FAMINE
12 Across: "25. Cardinal's honorific"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: H_________E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HISEMINENCE
13 Across: "27. Suppose"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: R____N
- Similar words: forecast, count
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: expect
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RECKON
14 Across: "29. Feel 41-Across"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'L'
- Similar words: garlic, pain
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: aromatic bulb used as seasoning
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AIL
15 Across: "30. ___ Summitt, legendary women's basketball coach"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'T'
- Similar words: chuck, slick
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the sound made by a gentle blow
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PAT
16 Across: "33. Asian city one can view within Instagram?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 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 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AGRA
17 Across: "34. Among others, for short"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 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 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ETAL
18 Across: "37. Well-informed"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: A___E
- Similar words: cognizant, mindful
- Opposite of: unaware
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AWARE
19 Across: "39. Writer Zora ___ Hurston"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: N___E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NEALE
20 Across: "41. See 29-Across"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'L'
- Similar words: sick, badly
- Opposite of: well
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ILL
21 Across: "42. Its hands might be near one of yours"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: W___H
- Similar words: determine, watch out
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a small portable timepiece
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WATCH
22 Across: "43. Common daytime spots for first dates"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: C___S
- Similar words: cafe, coffeehouse
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CAFES
23 Across: "44. Part of a list at an awards show"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: N_____E
- Similar words: campaigner, candidate
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a politician who is running for public office
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NOMINEE
24 Across: "46. Biker's selection"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: G__R
- Similar words: cogwheel, power train
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GEAR
25 Across: "47. Doc seen for sinusitis"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'T'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ENT
26 Across: "48. Austin summer hrs."
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'T'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CDT
27 Across: "50. Board meeting handout"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: A____A
- Similar words: docket, agendum
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AGENDA
28 Across: "52. Discusses at length"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: G______O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GOESINTO
29 Across: "55. Pin number?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'N'
- Similar words: ten-spot, x
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TEN
30 Across: "56. Literary detective whose final case is in 1975's "Curtain""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: P____T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
POIROT
31 Across: "59. Sounds heard in haunted houses"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: M___S
- Similar words: moan, groan
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MOANS
32 Across: "61. What might prompt someone to close a window"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: U____E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: news that updates your information
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
UPDATE
33 Across: "62. Classic computer game whose players avoid hazardous items in a grid … as suggested by this puzzle?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: M_________R
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MINESWEEPER
34 Across: "66. Eye, slangily"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: P____R
- Similar words: Peeping Tom, voyeur
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PEEPER
35 Across: "67. Actress Long"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'A'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NIA
36 Across: "68. "You'll ___""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: L__E
- Similar words: lively, dwell
- Opposite of: recorded
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
- This is Across clue number 36
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LIVE
37 Across: "69. Sabotage"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: U_______E
- Similar words: weaken, cave
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: destroy property or hinder normal operations
- This is Across clue number 37
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
UNDERMINE
38 Across: "70. Lift a finger, so to speak"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'Y'
- Similar words: strain, hear
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 38
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TRY
39 Across: "71. Output of a social media algorithm"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: F__D
- Similar words: run, course
- Opposite of: starve
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: food for domestic livestock
- This is Across clue number 39
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FEED
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 39 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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