Today's NYT Crossword Across Clues November 08, 2025 - Complete Left-to-Right Answers
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 36 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 | November 08, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Saturday |
| Total Across Clues | 36 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Medium |
All Across Clues - Complete List
Here are all 36 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Across | 1. Where Caitlin Clark played college hoops |
| 2 Across | 5. R-V guy? |
| 3 Across | 8. Adds to a timeline, say |
| 4 Across | 13. One who's off-base? |
| 5 Across | 16. See 41-Across |
| 6 Across | 17. Accessory with a grid of numbers |
| 7 Across | 18. "To repeat ..." |
| 8 Across | 19. Unacceptable |
| 9 Across | 20. They're not up to much |
| 10 Across | 22. Player — or piece of equipment — at Barclays Center |
| 11 Across | 23. Instrument with a neck, informally |
| 12 Across | 24. Supreme Court justice Gorsuch |
| 13 Across | 26. John Coltrane album whose title suggests making major progress |
| 14 Across | 30. General with orders? |
| 15 Across | 31. "Magnum, P.I." setting |
| 16 Across | 32. "Then it was well with me, in days ___ I was born": Housman |
| 17 Across | 33. Saver's asset |
| 18 Across | 35. Dude who might be in a row |
| 19 Across | 37. "You're not just imagining that tone" |
| 20 Across | 38. Makes sense |
| 21 Across | 39. .pdf alternative |
| 22 Across | 40. City between Sacramento and Salt Lake City on I-80 |
| 23 Across | 41. With 16-Across, group that began in the 2010s, familiarly |
| 24 Across | 42. Roquefort, e.g. |
| 25 Across | 45. Book of Mormon figure |
| 26 Across | 47. C.I.A. forerunner |
| 27 Across | 48. ___ Technica (news site) |
| 28 Across | 49. Something often hit without you seeing it |
| 29 Across | 51. Liverpudlians, e.g. |
| 30 Across | 55. Burdened |
| 31 Across | 56. Job for a driller |
| 32 Across | 58. ___ au poivre (entree that's often flambéed) |
| 33 Across | 59. Mali Empire ruler who single-handedly made the value of gold almost worthless by giving away so much of it |
| 34 Across | 60. Largest Bengali-speaking city in the world |
| 35 Across | 61. Financial report abbr. |
| 36 Across | 62. Exam with a max score of 1520 |
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. Where Caitlin Clark played college hoops"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: I__A
- Similar words: Hawkeye State, IA
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IOWA
2 Across: "5. R-V guy?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'U'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
STU
3 Across: "8. Adds to a timeline, say"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: P___S
- Similar words: situation, mail service
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
POSTS
4 Across: "13. One who's off-base?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: S_______P
- Similar words: short
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SHORTSTOP
5 Across: "16. See 41-Across"
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
- Definition: the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ALPHA
6 Across: "17. Accessory with a grid of numbers"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: B_______D
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BINGOCARD
7 Across: "18. "To repeat ...""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: I___D
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ISAID
8 Across: "19. Unacceptable"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: N_____Y
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NOTOKAY
9 Across: "20. They're not up to much"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: I____S
- Similar words: loafer, do-nothing
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: person who does no work
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IDLERS
10 Across: "22. Player — or piece of equipment — at Barclays Center"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'T'
- Similar words: earnings, final
- Opposite of: gross
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NET
11 Across: "23. Instrument with a neck, informally"
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: ukulele
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a small guitar having four strings
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
UKE
12 Across: "24. Supreme Court justice Gorsuch"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: N__L
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NEIL
13 Across: "26. John Coltrane album whose title suggests making major progress"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 10 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: G________S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GIANTSTEPS
14 Across: "30. General with orders?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'O'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TSO
15 Across: "31. "Magnum, P.I." setting"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'U'
- Word pattern: O__U
- Similar words: Oahu Island
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OAHU
16 Across: "32. "Then it was well with me, in days ___ I was born": Housman"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'E'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ERE
17 Across: "33. Saver's asset"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: T____T
- Similar words: parsimony, penny-pinching
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
THRIFT
18 Across: "35. Dude who might be in a row"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: F_____O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FRATBRO
19 Across: "37. "You're not just imagining that tone""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 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 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IHEARIT
20 Across: "38. Makes sense"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: A____P
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ADDSUP
21 Across: "39. .pdf alternative"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'C'
- Similar words: MD, doctor
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a licensed medical practitioner
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DOC
22 Across: "40. City between Sacramento and Salt Lake City on I-80"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 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
RENO
23 Across: "41. With 16-Across, group that began in the 2010s, familiarly"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'N'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: informal term for information
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GEN
24 Across: "42. Roquefort, e.g."
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 10 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: B________E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BLUECHEESE
25 Across: "45. Book of Mormon figure"
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 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ENOS
26 Across: "47. C.I.A. forerunner"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
- Similar words: Os, osmium
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a mouth or mouthlike opening
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OSS
27 Across: "48. ___ Technica (news site)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
- Similar words: Ar, ar
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ARS
28 Across: "49. Something often hit without you seeing it"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 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 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PINATA
29 Across: "51. Liverpudlians, e.g."
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: B_____S
- Similar words: Briton, Brit
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a native or inhabitant of Great Britain
- This is Across clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BRITONS
30 Across: "55. Burdened"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: L___N
- Similar words: ladened, load
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: remove with or as if with a ladle
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LADEN
31 Across: "56. Job for a driller"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: R_______L
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ROOTCANAL
32 Across: "58. ___ au poivre (entree that's often flambéed)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'K'
- Word pattern: S___K
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
STEAK
33 Across: "59. Mali Empire ruler who single-handedly made the value of gold almost worthless by giving away so much of it"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: M_______A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MANSAMUSA
34 Across: "60. Largest Bengali-speaking city in the world"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: D___A
- Similar words: Dacca
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the capital and largest city of Bangladesh
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DHAKA
35 Across: "61. Financial report abbr."
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'D'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
YTD
36 Across: "62. Exam with a max score of 1520"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 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 36
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PSAT
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 36 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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