NYT Across Today November 18, 2025: Complete Horizontal Clues Walkthrough
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 18, 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. First female musical artist to have a simultaneous #1 film and #1 album, familiarly |
| 2 Across | 4. Rebound, as a pool shot |
| 3 Across | 8. Requirement for domestic air travel starting in 2025 |
| 4 Across | 14. Body part that might "pop" |
| 5 Across | 15. Words of understanding |
| 6 Across | 16. ___ State, nickname for New York |
| 7 Across | 17. Soften, as a message |
| 8 Across | 19. Kitchen strainers |
| 9 Across | 20. "Don't go!" |
| 10 Across | 21. Appear gradually from the black, as a film image |
| 11 Across | 23. Industrialist Lilly |
| 12 Across | 24. Native led by Montezuma |
| 13 Across | 26. A very high price, so to speak |
| 14 Across | 28. Cereal variety from Switzerland |
| 15 Across | 30. Lead female character |
| 16 Across | 31. Summer temp, say |
| 17 Across | 34. River's bottom |
| 18 Across | 35. Dentist, colloquially |
| 19 Across | 38. Actress Long of "Boyz N the Hood" |
| 20 Across | 39. Gets back together |
| 21 Across | 40. Shipped without prepaid postage, for short |
| 22 Across | 42. Much of Mauritania and Mali |
| 23 Across | 47. Japanese stadium that has hosted M.L.B. and N.F.L. games |
| 24 Across | 50. Martian explorer |
| 25 Across | 51. Last number in a countdown |
| 26 Across | 52. Surgical stitch |
| 27 Across | 54. Used a loom |
| 28 Across | 55. Related to spiritual cause and effect |
| 29 Across | 57. Collection of tasks … or what 17-, 26-, 35- and 47-Across comprise? |
| 30 Across | 59. Timeless, to a poet |
| 31 Across | 60. Small vortex |
| 32 Across | 61. "Thanks, Captain Obvious!" |
| 33 Across | 62. Best-of-seven games, say |
| 34 Across | 63. Make airtight |
| 35 Across | 64. Fancy hotel amenity |
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:
- January 27 2021 NYT Clues Solutions
- July 24 2021 NYT Clues Solutions
- March 23 2021 NYT Clues Solutions
- August 02 2023 NYT Clues Solutions
Complete Across Solutions:
1 Across: "1. First female musical artist to have a simultaneous #1 film and #1 album, familiarly"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'J' and ends with 'O'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
JLO
2 Across: "4. Rebound, as a pool shot"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'K'
- Word pattern: B__K
- Similar words: camber, banking concern
- Opposite of: mistrust
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BANK
3 Across: "8. Requirement for domestic air travel starting in 2025"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: R____D
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
REALID
4 Across: "14. Body part that might "pop""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'R'
- Similar words: auricle, capitulum
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EAR
5 Across: "15. Words of understanding"
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
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ISEE
6 Across: "16. ___ State, nickname for New York"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: E____E
- Similar words: conglomerate, imperium
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EMPIRE
7 Across: "17. Soften, as a message"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: T______N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TONEDOWN
8 Across: "19. Kitchen strainers"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: S____S
- Similar words: sieve, strain
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SIEVES
9 Across: "20. "Don't go!""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: S__Y
- Similar words: remain, rest
- Opposite of: depart
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: continuing or remaining in a place or state
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
STAY
10 Across: "21. Appear gradually from the black, as a film image"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: F____N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FADEIN
11 Across: "23. Industrialist Lilly"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'I'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ELI
12 Across: "24. Native led by Montezuma"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 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
AZTEC
13 Across: "26. A very high price, so to speak"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: T_______R
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TOPDOLLAR
14 Across: "28. Cereal variety from Switzerland"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'I'
- Word pattern: M____I
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MUESLI
15 Across: "30. Lead female character"
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
- Definition: the main good female character in a work of fiction
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HEROINE
16 Across: "31. Summer temp, say"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: I____N
- Similar words: medical intern, interne
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
INTERN
17 Across: "34. River's bottom"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'D'
- Similar words: have it off, go to sleep
- Opposite of: get up
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
- This is Across clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BED
18 Across: "35. Dentist, colloquially"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: T_________R
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TOOTHDOCTOR
19 Across: "38. Actress Long of "Boyz N the Hood""
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 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NIA
20 Across: "39. Gets back together"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: R____S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
REUNES
21 Across: "40. Shipped without prepaid postage, for short"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: S_____D
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SENTCOD
22 Across: "42. Much of Mauritania and Mali"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: S____A
- Similar words: Sahara Desert
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the world's largest desert (3
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SAHARA
23 Across: "47. Japanese stadium that has hosted M.L.B. and N.F.L. games"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 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 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TOKYODOME
24 Across: "50. Martian explorer"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: R___R
- Similar words: scouter, wanderer
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- This is Across clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ROVER
25 Across: "51. Last number in a countdown"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'E'
- Similar words: nonpareil, unity
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ONE
26 Across: "52. Surgical stitch"
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: fibrous joint, sutura
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SUTURE
27 Across: "54. Used a loom"
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: weave, wander
- Opposite of: unweave
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: interlace by or as if by weaving
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WOVE
28 Across: "55. Related to spiritual cause and effect"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'K' and ends with 'C'
- Word pattern: K____C
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
KARMIC
29 Across: "57. Collection of tasks … or what 17-, 26-, 35- and 47-Across comprise?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 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 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TODOLIST
30 Across: "59. Timeless, to a poet"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: E____E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ETERNE
31 Across: "60. Small vortex"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: E__Y
- Similar words: whirlpool, twist
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EDDY
32 Across: "61. "Thanks, Captain Obvious!""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'H'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DUH
33 Across: "62. Best-of-seven games, say"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: S____S
- Similar words: serial
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SERIES
34 Across: "63. Make airtight"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: S__L
- Similar words: stamp, seal off
- Opposite of: unseal
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SEAL
35 Across: "64. Fancy hotel amenity"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'A'
- Similar words: watering hole, health club
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- This is Across clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SPA
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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