Across Clues NYT October 30, 2025 - Today's Complete Horizontal Solutions
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 41 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 30, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Thursday |
| Total Across Clues | 41 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Challenging |
All Across Clues - Complete List
Here are all 41 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Across | 1. Place for a pencil sharpener |
| 2 Across | 5. Argentine plain |
| 3 Across | 10. Prayer leader |
| 4 Across | 14. Droves |
| 5 Across | 15. Disney princess who longs to be "part of that world" |
| 6 Across | 16. Come to |
| 7 Across | 17. Either acting sibling Andrew or Elisabeth |
| 8 Across | 18. What pulls out all the stops? |
| 9 Across | 19. Food generally known outside the U.S. as "lady's fingers" |
| 10 Across | 20. Start illegally, say |
| 11 Across | 22. What every baseball inning starts with |
| 12 Across | 24. "Kind of" suffix |
| 13 Across | 25. Shore up the ranks |
| 14 Across | 27. Little pest |
| 15 Across | 28. Animal with a white rump |
| 16 Across | 30. Highlands hat |
| 17 Across | 31. Epitome of simplicity |
| 18 Across | 33. Binge |
| 19 Across | 35. "I'll ___ you!" |
| 20 Across | 36. Pop-pop |
| 21 Across | 39. Country sharing the world's longest international border |
| 22 Across | 41. Showed great pride, in a way |
| 23 Across | 42. Desirable Vegas couple? |
| 24 Across | 43. Lake in the homeland of the Washoe people |
| 25 Across | 47. ___ Blaster (toy) |
| 26 Across | 48. Inconsequential |
| 27 Across | 49. Journeys by foot |
| 28 Across | 50. Ones eliciting knee-jerk reactions, informally? |
| 29 Across | 51. Exemplar |
| 30 Across | 53. Having a strong sense of direction? |
| 31 Across | 57. Likely oriented toward platonic relationships, in brief |
| 32 Across | 58. Members of the dolphin family that prey on dolphins |
| 33 Across | 63. Like a revving engine |
| 34 Across | 64. Skater Midori |
| 35 Across | 65. Words after "ding, ding, ding" |
| 36 Across | 66. With 68-Across, "Wicked" song suggested by the answers to the seven starred clues (and whose singer is spelled by the circled letters reading from left to right) |
| 37 Across | 68. See 66-Across |
| 38 Across | 70. Bronzed |
| 39 Across | 71. Not just yet |
| 40 Across | 72. Abjures |
| 41 Across | 73. Target of urban renewal, say |
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:
- October 28 2020 NYT Clues Solutions
- October 19 2019 NYT Clues Solutions
- October 05 2023 NYT Clues Solutions
- July 13 2023 NYT Clues Solutions
Complete Across Solutions:
1 Across: "1. Place for a pencil sharpener"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'K'
- Word pattern: D__K
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DESK
2 Across: "5. Argentine plain"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: P___A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PAMPA
3 Across: "10. Prayer leader"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: I__M
- Similar words: imaum
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IMAM
4 Across: "14. Droves"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: A__N
- Similar words: Aten
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ATON
5 Across: "15. Disney princess who longs to be "part of that world""
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
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ARIEL
6 Across: "16. Come to"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: W__E
- Similar words: arouse, heat
- Opposite of: fall asleep
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WAKE
7 Across: "17. Either acting sibling Andrew or Elisabeth"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: S__E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SHUE
8 Across: "18. What pulls out all the stops?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: D___O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DRANO
9 Across: "19. Food generally known outside the U.S. as "lady's fingers""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: O__A
- Similar words: okra plant, lady's-finger
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OKRA
10 Across: "20. Start illegally, say"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 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 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HOTWIRE
11 Across: "22. What every baseball inning starts with"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: N_____N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NOONEON
12 Across: "24. "Kind of" suffix"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'H'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ISH
13 Across: "25. Shore up the ranks"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'F'
- Word pattern: R_____F
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RESTAFF
14 Across: "27. Little pest"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
- Similar words: pismire, emmet
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ANT
15 Across: "28. Animal with a white rump"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'K'
- Similar words: European elk, Alces alces
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ELK
16 Across: "30. Highlands hat"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'M'
- Similar words: tam-o'-shanter, tammy
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a woolen cap of Scottish origin
- This is Across clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TAM
17 Across: "31. Epitome of simplicity"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'C'
- Similar words: alphabet, ABCs
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
- This is Across clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ABC
18 Across: "33. Binge"
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: fling
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a brief indulgence of your impulses
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SPREE
19 Across: "35. "I'll ___ you!""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
- Similar words: litigate, process
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SUE
20 Across: "36. Pop-pop"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: G___P
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GRAMP
21 Across: "39. Country sharing the world's longest international border"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: C____A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CANADA
22 Across: "41. Showed great pride, in a way"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: B____D
- Similar words: radiate, beam
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BEAMED
23 Across: "42. Desirable Vegas couple?"
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: adept, champion
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ACES
24 Across: "43. Lake in the homeland of the Washoe people"
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
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TAHOE
25 Across: "47. ___ Blaster (toy)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'F'
- Word pattern: N__F
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NERF
26 Across: "48. Inconsequential"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: M__E
- Similar words: bare, simple
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a small pond of standing water
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MERE
27 Across: "49. Journeys by foot"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: T___S
- Similar words: trek
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TREKS
28 Across: "50. Ones eliciting knee-jerk reactions, informally?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: D__S
- Similar words: MD, medico
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a licensed medical practitioner
- This is Across clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DOCS
29 Across: "51. Exemplar"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: P_____N
- Similar words: idol, nonesuch
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
- This is Across clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PARAGON
30 Across: "53. Having a strong sense of direction?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: B___Y
- Similar words: magisterial, peremptory
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BOSSY
31 Across: "57. Likely oriented toward platonic relationships, in brief"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'O'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ARO
32 Across: "58. Members of the dolphin family that prey on dolphins"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: O___S
- Similar words: sea wolf, grampus
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ORCAS
33 Across: "63. Like a revving engine"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: A___R
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AROAR
34 Across: "64. Skater Midori"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'O'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ITO
35 Across: "65. Words after "ding, ding, ding""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: T___T
- Similar words: wassail, pledge
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: slices of bread that have been toasted
- This is Across clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TOAST
36 Across: "66. With 68-Across, "Wicked" song suggested by the answers to the seven starred clues (and whose singer is spelled by the circled letters reading from left to right)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'G'
- Word pattern: D_____G
- Similar words: defy, withstand
- Opposite of: lend oneself
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: resist or confront with resistance
- This is Across clue number 36
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DEFYING
37 Across: "68. See 66-Across"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: G_____Y
- Similar words: gravitation, solemnity
- Opposite of: levity
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 37
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GRAVITY
38 Across: "70. Bronzed"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: G_____N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 38
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GOTATAN
39 Across: "71. Not just yet"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: L_____N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 39
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LATERON
40 Across: "72. Abjures"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: E_____S
- Similar words: eschew, shun
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
- This is Across clue number 40
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ESCHEWS
41 Across: "73. Target of urban renewal, say"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: E_____E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: something very ugly and offensive
- This is Across clue number 41
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EYESORE
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 41 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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