Tuesday's NYT Across Nov 11 - Full Horizontal Grid Solutions
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 35 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 11, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Tuesday |
| Total Across Clues | 35 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Tricky |
All Across Clues - Complete List
Here are all 35 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Across | 1. CAPTCHA blockees |
| 2 Across | 5. Crust (over) |
| 3 Across | 9. Building with a "broad side," in an idiom |
| 4 Across | 13. One of over 30 million used for farming in Iowa |
| 5 Across | 14. Attire in many a Degas painting |
| 6 Across | 15. "Hey, sailor!" |
| 7 Across | 16. "It's hard to say" |
| 8 Across | 19. Like June 21 among all the days of the year |
| 9 Across | 20. Place to plop down in a parlor |
| 10 Across | 21. Vote in |
| 11 Across | 23. Sparkler on a ring |
| 12 Across | 24. 2021 Pixar film inspired by Italian folklore |
| 13 Across | 27. Whole bunch |
| 14 Across | 29. Bar mitzvah or confirmation |
| 15 Across | 32. In unison |
| 16 Across | 34. Relaxing sounds |
| 17 Across | 36. The "N" of NGO |
| 18 Across | 37. It's hard to say |
| 19 Across | 40. Vietnamese New Year |
| 20 Across | 41. Stingy sort? |
| 21 Across | 42. Semiaquatic relative of a badger |
| 22 Across | 43. Greek god whose name is an anagram of ROSE |
| 23 Across | 45. Does poorly |
| 24 Across | 47. ___-à-___ |
| 25 Across | 48. Holiday centerpiece |
| 26 Across | 50. "Here, ___!" |
| 27 Across | 52. Copenhagen's "The Little Mermaid," for one |
| 28 Across | 55. One singing "The Lonely Goatherd," e.g. |
| 29 Across | 59. It's hard to say |
| 30 Across | 61. Some rounds |
| 31 Across | 62. Eggplant ___ (vegetarian dish) |
| 32 Across | 63. Track shape |
| 33 Across | 64. Polite assent |
| 34 Across | 65. Prying |
| 35 Across | 66. First coin to use the $ symbol |
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:
- November 30 2019 NYT Clues Solutions
- October 08 2020 NYT Clues Solutions
- October 26 2019 NYT Clues Solutions
- June 26 2019 NYT Clues Solutions
Complete Across Solutions:
1 Across: "1. CAPTCHA blockees"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: B__S
- Similar words: bot
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BOTS
2 Across: "5. Crust (over)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'B'
- Word pattern: S__B
- Similar words: fink, strikebreaker
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SCAB
3 Across: "9. Building with a "broad side," in an idiom"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: B__N
- Similar words: b
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BARN
4 Across: "13. One of over 30 million used for farming in Iowa"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: A__E
- Similar words: Akko, Accho
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ACRE
5 Across: "14. Attire in many a Degas painting"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'U'
- Word pattern: T__U
- Similar words: ballet skirt, Desmond Tutu
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TUTU
6 Across: "15. "Hey, sailor!""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: A__Y
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AHOY
7 Across: "16. "It's hard to say""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 14 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 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WHOREALLYKNOWS
8 Across: "19. Like June 21 among all the days of the year"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: L_____T
- Similar words: farsighted, prospicient
- Opposite of: short
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LONGEST
9 Across: "20. Place to plop down in a parlor"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: S____E
- Similar words: settle
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a long wooden bench with a back
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SETTEE
10 Across: "21. Vote in"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: E___T
- Similar words: elite, chosen
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an exclusive group of people
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ELECT
11 Across: "23. Sparkler on a ring"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'M'
- Similar words: gemstone, jewel
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GEM
12 Across: "24. 2021 Pixar film inspired by Italian folklore"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: L__A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LUCA
13 Across: "27. Whole bunch"
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: spate, dispatch
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SLEW
14 Across: "29. Bar mitzvah or confirmation"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: R__E
- Similar words: religious rite, ritual
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RITE
15 Across: "32. In unison"
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
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ASONE
16 Across: "34. Relaxing sounds"
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: aah, ooh
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- This is Across clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AAHS
17 Across: "36. The "N" of NGO"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'N'
- Similar words: not
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: negation of a word or group of words
- This is Across clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NON
18 Across: "37. It's hard to say"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 14 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: T____________T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
THATWASMYFAULT
19 Across: "40. Vietnamese New Year"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'T'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TET
20 Across: "41. Stingy sort?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: W__P
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WASP
21 Across: "42. Semiaquatic relative of a badger"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: O___R
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the fur of an otter
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OTTER
22 Across: "43. Greek god whose name is an anagram of ROSE"
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
- Similar words: concupiscence, sexual desire
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EROS
23 Across: "45. Does poorly"
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: pain, ail
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: aromatic bulb used as seasoning
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AILS
24 Across: "47. ___-à-___"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 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
TETE
25 Across: "48. Holiday centerpiece"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'R'
- Similar words: true fir, fir tree
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: nonresinous wood of a fir tree
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FIR
26 Across: "50. "Here, ___!""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: C___H
- Similar words: watch, fascinate
- Opposite of: unhitch
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CATCH
27 Across: "52. Copenhagen's "The Little Mermaid," for one"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: S____E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a sculpture representing a human or animal
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
STATUE
28 Across: "55. One singing "The Lonely Goatherd," e.g."
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: Y_____R
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
YODELER
29 Across: "59. It's hard to say"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 14 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: W____________E
- Similar words: Worcester sauce
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a savory sauce of vinegar and soy sauce and spices
- This is Across clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WORCESTERSHIRE
30 Across: "61. Some rounds"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: A__O
- Similar words: ammunition
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: projectiles to be fired from a gun
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AMMO
31 Across: "62. Eggplant ___ (vegetarian dish)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: P__M
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PARM
32 Across: "63. Track shape"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: O__L
- Similar words: elliptic, ellipse
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OVAL
33 Across: "64. Polite assent"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: Y__M
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
YESM
34 Across: "65. Prying"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: N__Y
- Similar words: prying, nosey
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: offensively curious or inquisitive
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NOSY
35 Across: "66. First coin to use the $ symbol"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: P__O
- Similar words: Cuban peso, Dominican peso
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
- This is Across clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PESO
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 35 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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