Today's NYT Crossword Across Clues December 15, 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 | December 15, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Monday |
| Total Across Clues | 36 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Challenging |
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. ___ Nicholas |
| 2 Across | 6. Judge's seat, from the French |
| 3 Across | 10. N.Y.C. airport |
| 4 Across | 13. "Star Wars" droid, familiarly |
| 5 Across | 14. Side's length squared, for a square |
| 6 Across | 15. Thrilla in Manila boxer |
| 7 Across | 16. Recharge one's batteries |
| 8 Across | 18. Prepared to bathe |
| 9 Across | 20. Cool ___ cucumber |
| 10 Across | 21. "Balderdash!" |
| 11 Across | 23. Filled in (for), for short |
| 12 Across | 24. Schmoozed (with) |
| 13 Across | 27. Good, long bath |
| 14 Across | 28. Slight injury from tripping |
| 15 Across | 30. Bridge support |
| 16 Across | 32. Karl Marx's "___ Kapital" |
| 17 Across | 33. Do one better than |
| 18 Across | 36. President Hoover |
| 19 Across | 39. "You take credit cards?" response |
| 20 Across | 42. Unconventional |
| 21 Across | 43. Alternative to the pill, in brief |
| 22 Across | 45. Dog-___ (like the pages in some books) |
| 23 Across | 46. Foreign-language movie that you don't have to read subtitles for |
| 24 Across | 50. Location for a goatee or soul patch |
| 25 Across | 52. Enchanted |
| 26 Across | 55. Big-beaked tropical bird |
| 27 Across | 57. One-named Brazilian soccer star |
| 28 Across | 58. "If you ask me ...," to texters |
| 29 Across | 59. Camp sleeping spots ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| 30 Across | 61. Sci-fi writer Isaac |
| 31 Across | 63. Suitable, as a unit in a bldg.? |
| 32 Across | 64. Tales of yore |
| 33 Across | 65. Join in marriage |
| 34 Across | 66. Lo-___ graphics |
| 35 Across | 67. One-named Grammy winner from Ireland |
| 36 Across | 68. ___ Cottontail |
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:
- December 29 2020 NYT Clues Solutions
- March 17 2020 NYT Clues Solutions
- February 17 2021 NYT Clues Solutions
- April 28 2022 NYT Clues Solutions
Complete Across Solutions:
1 Across: "1. ___ Nicholas"
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: nonesuch, angel
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SAINT
2 Across: "6. Judge's seat, from the French"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'C'
- Word pattern: B__C
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BANC
3 Across: "10. N.Y.C. airport"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'J' and ends with 'K'
- Similar words: Kennedy, Jack Kennedy
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
JFK
4 Across: "13. "Star Wars" droid, familiarly"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: A___O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ARTOO
5 Across: "14. Side's length squared, for a square"
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: expanse, domain
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AREA
6 Across: "15. Thrilla in Manila boxer"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'I'
- Similar words: Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ALI
7 Across: "16. Recharge one's batteries"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: R____P
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RESTUP
8 Across: "18. Prepared to bathe"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: D______D
- Similar words: uncase, undress
- Opposite of: dress
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: get undressed
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DISROBED
9 Across: "20. Cool ___ cucumber"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'A'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ASA
10 Across: "21. "Balderdash!""
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: lie in, lie down
- Opposite of: stand
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LIES
11 Across: "23. Filled in (for), for short"
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: stand in, substitute
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: be a substitute
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SUBBED
12 Across: "24. Schmoozed (with)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: H_______D
- Similar words: hobnob
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: rub elbows with
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HOBNOBBED
13 Across: "27. Good, long bath"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'K'
- Word pattern: S__K
- Similar words: dowse, sop
- Opposite of: undercharge
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SOAK
14 Across: "28. Slight injury from tripping"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 10 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: S________E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
STUBBEDTOE
15 Across: "30. Bridge support"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: T___S
- Similar words: tie up, corbel
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TRUSS
16 Across: "32. Karl Marx's "___ Kapital""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'S'
- Similar words: cony, hyrax
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DAS
17 Across: "33. Do one better than"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'P'
- Similar words: whirligig, elevation
- Opposite of: bottom
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the upper part of anything
- This is Across clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TOP
18 Across: "36. President Hoover"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: H_____T
- Similar words: Victor Herbert
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HERBERT
19 Across: "39. "You take credit cards?" response"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: Y_____O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
YESWEDO
20 Across: "42. Unconventional"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'D'
- Similar words: peculiar, unexpended
- Opposite of: even
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: not divisible by two
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ODD
21 Across: "43. Alternative to the pill, in brief"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'D'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IUD
22 Across: "45. Dog-___ (like the pages in some books)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: E___D
- Similar words: dog-eared
- Opposite of: earless
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EARED
23 Across: "46. Foreign-language movie that you don't have to read subtitles for"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 10 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: D________M
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DUBBEDFILM
24 Across: "50. Location for a goatee or soul patch"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: C__N
- Similar words: Kuki, chin up
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the protruding part of the lower jaw
- This is Across clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CHIN
25 Across: "52. Enchanted"
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
- Similar words: daze, bedazzle
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: to cause someone to lose clear vision
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BEDAZZLED
26 Across: "55. Big-beaked tropical bird"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 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 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TOUCAN
27 Across: "57. One-named Brazilian soccer star"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: P__E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PELE
28 Across: "58. "If you ask me ...," to texters"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'O'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IMO
29 Across: "59. Camp sleeping spots ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: B______S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BUNKBEDS
30 Across: "61. Sci-fi writer Isaac"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'V'
- Word pattern: A____V
- Similar words: Isaac Asimov
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ASIMOV
31 Across: "63. Suitable, as a unit in a bldg.?"
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: liable, tending
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
APT
32 Across: "64. Tales of yore"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: L__E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LORE
33 Across: "65. Join in marriage"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: U___E
- Similar words: join, connect
- Opposite of: divide
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
UNITE
34 Across: "66. Lo-___ graphics"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'S'
- Similar words: Re, rhenium
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RES
35 Across: "67. One-named Grammy winner from Ireland"
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 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ENYA
36 Across: "68. ___ Cottontail"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: P___R
- Similar words: St. Peter, putz
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 36
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PETER
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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