Across Clues NYT December 28, 2025 - Today's Complete Horizontal Solutions
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 69 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 | December 28, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Sunday |
| Total Across Clues | 69 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Medium |
All Across Clues - Complete List
Here are all 69 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Across | 1. Poet with a 1982 posthumous Pulitzer |
| 2 Across | 6. S.L.R. insert since the early 2000s |
| 3 Across | 12. Baths in Bath |
| 4 Across | 16. Comedian Notaro |
| 5 Across | 19. Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" |
| 6 Across | 20. One sporting an article of apparel |
| 7 Across | 21. Sign in a theater |
| 8 Across | 22. Droll |
| 9 Across | 23. Rock of Ages |
| 10 Across | 25. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| 11 Across | 27. Prop for a proposal |
| 12 Across | 28. College credit hours |
| 13 Across | 29. Far from fore |
| 14 Across | 31. Starting section |
| 15 Across | 32. Fab Four drummer |
| 16 Across | 34. "I can handle that for you" |
| 17 Across | 36. Swallow something hook, line and sinker |
| 18 Across | 38. Subject of some modern maps |
| 19 Across | 41. Boots out |
| 20 Across | 43. Ending with Butler or Bard |
| 21 Across | 44. A Class Act |
| 22 Across | 47. A Strange Loop |
| 23 Across | 50. Played a part |
| 24 Across | 51. Baldwin of "30 Rock" |
| 25 Across | 53. Ran in the rain, perhaps |
| 26 Across | 54. Brig pair |
| 27 Across | 55. New Mexico skiing locale |
| 28 Across | 56. Full legislative assembly |
| 29 Across | 58. Personification of darkness, in Greek myth |
| 30 Across | 60. Shapiro of public radio |
| 31 Across | 61. Buds |
| 32 Across | 62. Chips go-with |
| 33 Across | 64. Straight up |
| 34 Across | 67. A Little Night Music |
| 35 Across | 69. Rent |
| 36 Across | 70. A Chorus Line |
| 37 Across | 72. Creatures formed from the fingers of the sea goddess Sedna, in Inuit myth |
| 38 Across | 73. Personal histories |
| 39 Across | 74. Automatons, informally |
| 40 Across | 75. Cell letters |
| 41 Across | 76. "___ down the hatches!" |
| 42 Across | 78. Nursery rhyme couple |
| 43 Across | 80. Cribbage markers |
| 44 Across | 81. Sine's reciprocal, in trig |
| 45 Across | 84. Bit of power |
| 46 Across | 86. Japanese noodle |
| 47 Across | 87. Wave to, say |
| 48 Across | 88. The Producers |
| 49 Across | 91. Into the Woods |
| 50 Across | 93. ___ Lingus |
| 51 Across | 94. Intertwine |
| 52 Across | 95. Halloween haul |
| 53 Across | 96. In tears |
| 54 Across | 99. Eschew the high road, say |
| 55 Across | 101. ___ Dame |
| 56 Across | 104. Repeatedly hit hard |
| 57 Across | 105. Dollop |
| 58 Across | 106. Pop group |
| 59 Across | 109. Sitar great Shankar |
| 60 Across | 111. The Wiz |
| 61 Across | 113. Mean Girls |
| 62 Across | 116. Chess pieces |
| 63 Across | 117. Bombeck who wrote "At Wit's End" |
| 64 Across | 118. File often installed with computer programs |
| 65 Across | 119. Do penance |
| 66 Across | 120. Apply |
| 67 Across | 121. Hurdle for a J.D.-to-be |
| 68 Across | 122. Became aware of |
| 69 Across | 123. "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker |
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. Poet with a 1982 posthumous Pulitzer"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: P___H
- Similar words: Sylvia Plath
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: United States writer and poet (1932-1963)
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PLATH
2 Across: "6. S.L.R. insert since the early 2000s"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 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 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SDCARD
3 Across: "12. Baths in Bath"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: L__S
- Similar words: lav, lavatory
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LAVS
4 Across: "16. Comedian Notaro"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'G'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TIG
5 Across: "19. Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?""
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
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AISHA
6 Across: "20. One sporting an article of apparel"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: W____R
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WEARER
7 Across: "21. Sign in a theater"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: E__T
- Similar words: kick the bucket, croak
- Opposite of: be born
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an opening that permits escape or release
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EXIT
8 Across: "22. Droll"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'Y'
- Similar words: ironic, dry
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: humorously sarcastic or mocking
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WRY
9 Across: "23. Rock of Ages"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 12 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: R__________E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ROSETTASTONE
10 Across: "25. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: N______M
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NEPOTISM
11 Across: "27. Prop for a proposal"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'K' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: K__E
- Similar words: genu, knee joint
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
KNEE
12 Across: "28. College credit hours"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: U___S
- Similar words: social unit, building block
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
UNITS
13 Across: "29. Far from fore"
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: astern, abaft
- Opposite of: fore
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: (nautical
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AFT
14 Across: "31. Starting section"
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 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PARTA
15 Across: "32. Fab Four drummer"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: S___R
- Similar words: Richard Starkey, Starkey
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940)
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
STARR
16 Across: "34. "I can handle that for you""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: L___E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LETME
17 Across: "36. Swallow something hook, line and sinker"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: E_____P
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EATITUP
18 Across: "38. Subject of some modern maps"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: G____E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GENOME
19 Across: "41. Boots out"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: E____S
- Similar words: release, squeeze out
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: put out or expel from a place
- This is Across clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EJECTS
20 Across: "43. Ending with Butler or Bard"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'U'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EDU
21 Across: "44. A Class Act"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: F_______P
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FIELDTRIP
22 Across: "47. A Strange Loop"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: M_________P
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MOBIUSSTRIP
23 Across: "50. Played a part"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: A___D
- Similar words: pretend, move
- Opposite of: refrain
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: perform an action
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ACTED
24 Across: "51. Baldwin of "30 Rock""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 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 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ALEC
25 Across: "53. Ran in the rain, perhaps"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: B__D
- Similar words: shed blood, phlebotomise
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: lose blood from one's body
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BLED
26 Across: "54. Brig pair"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: M___S
- Similar words: mast
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a vertical spar for supporting sails
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MASTS
27 Across: "55. New Mexico skiing locale"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: T__S
- Similar words: Tao, Taoist
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TAOS
28 Across: "56. Full legislative assembly"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 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 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PLENUM
29 Across: "58. Personification of darkness, in Greek myth"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 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 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EREBUS
30 Across: "60. Shapiro of public radio"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'I'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ARI
31 Across: "61. Buds"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: P__S
- Similar words: brother, chum up
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PALS
32 Across: "62. Chips go-with"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: S___A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SALSA
33 Across: "64. Straight up"
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: raise, set up
- Opposite of: level
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: construct
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ERECT
34 Across: "67. A Little Night Music"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: L_____Y
- Similar words: cradlesong, berceuse
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LULLABY
35 Across: "69. Rent"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: S___T
- Similar words: disconnected, schism
- Opposite of: unite
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SPLIT
36 Across: "70. A Chorus Line"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: R_____N
- Similar words: abstain, chorus
- Opposite of: consume
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 36
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
REFRAIN
37 Across: "72. Creatures formed from the fingers of the sea goddess Sedna, in Inuit myth"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: S___S
- Similar words: seal, sealskin
- Opposite of: unseal
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 37
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SEALS
38 Across: "73. Personal histories"
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: past tense, past times
- Opposite of: future
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the time that has elapsed
- This is Across clue number 38
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PASTS
39 Across: "74. Automatons, informally"
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 39
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BOTS
40 Across: "75. Cell letters"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'A'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 40
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RNA
41 Across: "76. "___ down the hatches!""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: B____N
- Similar words: secure, batten down
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 41
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BATTEN
42 Across: "78. Nursery rhyme couple"
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: brisling, Clupea sprattus
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 42
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SPRATS
43 Across: "80. Cribbage markers"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: P__S
- Similar words: stick, rowlock
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- This is Across clue number 43
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PEGS
44 Across: "81. Sine's reciprocal, in trig"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'C'
- Word pattern: C___C
- Similar words: cosecant
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 44
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
COSEC
45 Across: "84. Bit of power"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: W__T
- Similar words: W, James Watt
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 45
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WATT
46 Across: "86. Japanese noodle"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: S__A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 46
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SOBA
47 Across: "87. Wave to, say"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: G___T
- Similar words: recognise, recognize
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: express greetings upon meeting someone
- This is Across clue number 47
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GREET
48 Across: "88. The Producers"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: P_________T
- Similar words: working class, labor
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 48
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PROLETARIAT
49 Across: "91. Into the Woods"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: O_______Y
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: characteristic of or suitable to outdoor life
- This is Across clue number 49
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OUTDOORSY
50 Across: "93. ___ Lingus"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'R'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 50
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AER
51 Across: "94. Intertwine"
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: interlace, intertwine
- Opposite of: untwine
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: spin
- This is Across clue number 51
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ENLACE
52 Across: "95. Halloween haul"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: T____S
- Similar words: process, treat
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: something considered choice to eat
- This is Across clue number 52
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TREATS
53 Across: "96. In tears"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'G'
- Word pattern: S_____G
- Similar words: sob
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: convulsive gasp made while weeping
- This is Across clue number 53
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SOBBING
54 Across: "99. Eschew the high road, say"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'W'
- Word pattern: G___W
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 54
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GOLOW
55 Across: "101. ___ Dame"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: N___E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 55
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NOTRE
56 Across: "104. Repeatedly hit hard"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: P___D
- Similar words: lbf., Irish punt
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: 16 ounces avoirdupois
- This is Across clue number 56
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
POUND
57 Across: "105. Dollop"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'B'
- Similar words: seafarer, tar
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a man who serves as a sailor
- This is Across clue number 57
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GOB
58 Across: "106. Pop group"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: C___S
- Similar words: Cola, genus Cola
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts
- This is Across clue number 58
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
COLAS
59 Across: "109. Sitar great Shankar"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'I'
- Word pattern: R__I
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 59
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RAVI
60 Across: "111. The Wiz"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: E______N
- Similar words: mastermind, brainiac
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 60
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EINSTEIN
61 Across: "113. Mean Girls"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 12 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 61
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AVERAGEJANES
62 Across: "116. Chess pieces"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'N'
- Similar words: humans, man
- Opposite of: civilian
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the force of workers available
- This is Across clue number 62
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MEN
63 Across: "117. Bombeck who wrote "At Wit's End""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: E__A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 63
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ERMA
64 Across: "118. File often installed with computer programs"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: R____E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 64
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
README
65 Across: "119. Do penance"
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
- Similar words: abye, repent
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: make amends for
- This is Across clue number 65
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ATONE
66 Across: "120. Apply"
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: habit, consumption
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the act of using
- This is Across clue number 66
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
USE
67 Across: "121. Hurdle for a J.D.-to-be"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: L__T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 67
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LSAT
68 Across: "122. Became aware of"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: S____D
- Similar words: sense, feel
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: perceive by a physical sensation
- This is Across clue number 68
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SENSED
69 Across: "123. "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: Y___E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 69
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
YENTE
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 69 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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