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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Today's NYT Crossword Across Clues November 05, 2025 - Complete Left-to-Right Answers

Wednesday's NYT Across Nov 05 - Full Horizontal Grid Solutions

Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 37 Across clues. We have all the horizontal answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!

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About Today's Across Clues

NYT Across clues solutions for November 05, 2025
NYT Across Clues - Wednesday, November 05, 2025
Across Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date November 05, 2025
Day of Week Wednesday
Total Across Clues 37 clues
Direction Horizontal (Left to Right)
Difficulty Medium

All Across Clues - Complete List

Here are all 37 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.

Complete Across Clues List
Number Clue
1 Across 1. Tijuana setting, informally
2 Across 5. Many C-suite degs.
3 Across 9. Cry of resignation
4 Across 14. Scads
5 Across 15. Ethel Barrymore was a great one to Drew
6 Across 16. Stage name for Milton Marx
7 Across 17. Lead-in to call or taxi
8 Across 18. Indigenous Canadians of Labrador
9 Across 19. Like a chill wind
10 Across 20. Dead ringers
11 Across 23. Terminus of one BART line, in brief
12 Across 24. Prop for a ball
13 Across 25. Snagged
14 Across 26. They may be betrayed by stammers and blushes
15 Across 32. Tank top?
16 Across 34. The "weird sisters" of "Macbeth," e.g.
17 Across 35. Guitar, slangily
18 Across 36. The "weird sisters" of "Macbeth," e.g.
19 Across 37. Part of a drum kit
20 Across 39. Perfect for a salad, say
21 Across 40. Purple-colored banknote of Canada
22 Across 41. Boatloads
23 Across 42. Some natural 29-Down
24 Across 43. Placeholders for favorite sites
25 Across 47. 1982 film inspired by Pong
26 Across 48. Night school subj.
27 Across 49. Vintage film channel
28 Across 52. Someone comparable ... or what 20-, 26- and 43-Across may be, in different senses
29 Across 55. "Ave ___"
30 Across 57. Magnanimous words at a bar
31 Across 58. Setting of many Winter Olympics
32 Across 59. Athletic shoe brand
33 Across 60. Scotch order specification
34 Across 61. Part of a scouting uniform
35 Across 62. Blue Ribbon beer
36 Across 63. Tailors
37 Across 64. On the briny

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:

Complete Across Solutions:


1 Across: "1. Tijuana setting, informally"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: B__A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BAJA


2 Across: "5. Many C-suite degs."

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: M__S
  • Similar words: MBA
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a master's degree in business
  • This is Across clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MBAS


3 Across: "9. Cry of resignation"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 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 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer IQUIT


4 Across: "14. Scads"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: A__T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 4

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ALOT


5 Across: "15. Ethel Barrymore was a great one to Drew"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: A__T
  • Similar words: auntie, aunty
  • Opposite of: uncle
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
  • This is Across clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AUNT


6 Across: "16. Stage name for Milton Marx"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 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 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GUMMO


7 Across: "17. Lead-in to call or taxi"

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 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ROBO


8 Across: "18. Indigenous Canadians of Labrador"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'U'
  • Word pattern: I__U
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer INNU


9 Across: "19. Like a chill wind"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: N___Y
  • Similar words: snappy, nipping
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a sharp biting taste
  • This is Across clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NIPPY


10 Across: "20. Dead ringers"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 13 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'D' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: D___________S
  • Similar words: doppelganger
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer DOPPELGANGERS


11 Across: "23. Terminus of one BART line, in brief"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'O'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SFO


12 Across: "24. Prop for a ball"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'E'
  • Similar words: football tee, tee up
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the starting place for each hole on a golf course
  • This is Across clue number 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TEE


13 Across: "25. Snagged"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'K'
  • Word pattern: T__K
  • Similar words: consider, shoot
  • Opposite of: give
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: carry out
  • This is Across clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TOOK


14 Across: "26. They may be betrayed by stammers and blushes"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 13 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: S___________S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SECRETCRUSHES


15 Across: "32. Tank top?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'H'
  • Word pattern: H___H
  • Similar words: think of, hatching
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the production of young from an egg
  • This is Across clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HATCH


16 Across: "34. The "weird sisters" of "Macbeth," e.g."

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: H__S
  • Similar words: slime eels, witch
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an ugly evil-looking old woman
  • This is Across clue number 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HAGS


17 Across: "35. Guitar, slangily"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
  • Similar words: ax
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AXE


18 Across: "36. The "weird sisters" of "Macbeth," e.g."

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'O'
  • Word pattern: T__O
  • Similar words: trey, leash
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
  • This is Across clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TRIO


19 Across: "37. Part of a drum kit"

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: trap, ensnare
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SNARE


20 Across: "39. Perfect for a salad, say"

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: good, advanced
  • Opposite of: green
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
  • This is Across clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RIPE


21 Across: "40. Purple-colored banknote of Canada"

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: X, 10
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TEN


22 Across: "41. Boatloads"

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 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ATON


23 Across: "42. Some natural 29-Down"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A___S
  • Similar words: Afro hairdo, Afro
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a rounded thickly curled hairdo
  • This is Across clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AFROS


24 Across: "43. Placeholders for favorite sites"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 13 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: P___________S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PAGEBOOKMARKS


25 Across: "47. 1982 film inspired by Pong"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 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 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TRON


26 Across: "48. Night school subj."

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'E' and ends with 'L'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ESL


27 Across: "49. Vintage film channel"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'M'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TCM


28 Across: "52. Someone comparable ... or what 20-, 26- and 43-Across may be, in different senses"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 13 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'U'
  • Word pattern: T___________U
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer THELIKESOFYOU


29 Across: "55. "Ave ___""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: M___A
  • Similar words: mare
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MARIA


30 Across: "57. Magnanimous words at a bar"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: O__E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ONME


31 Across: "58. Setting of many Winter Olympics"

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: alp, the Alps
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ALPS


32 Across: "59. Athletic shoe brand"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 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 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ASICS


33 Across: "60. Scotch order specification"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: N__T
  • Similar words: corking, bang-up
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: clean or organized
  • This is Across clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NEAT


34 Across: "61. Part of a scouting uniform"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'V' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: V__T
  • Similar words: waistcoat, enthrone
  • Opposite of: divest
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
  • This is Across clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer VEST


35 Across: "62. Blue Ribbon beer"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 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 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PABST


36 Across: "63. Tailors"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: S__S
  • Similar words: sew together, sew
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: fasten by sewing; do needlework
  • This is Across clue number 36

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SEWS


37 Across: "64. On the briny"

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
  • Similar words: seaward, seawards
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: in the direction of the sea
  • This is Across clue number 37

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ASEA

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

  1. Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Across entries
  2. Common phrases: Many idioms run horizontally
  3. Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
  4. Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Across
  5. 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 37 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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Last Updated: November 05, 2025 at 04:43 AM

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