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Thursday, December 4, 2025

Thursday NYT Across Solutions December 04, 2025 - Every Horizontal Clue Decoded with Hints

Thursday's NYT Across Dec 04 - 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 December 04, 2025
NYT Across Clues - Thursday, December 04, 2025
Across Clues Statistics
Detail Information
Date December 04, 2025
Day of Week Thursday
Total Across Clues 37 clues
Direction Horizontal (Left to Right)
Difficulty Challenging

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. Traditional roofing material for a Cape Cod-style house
2 Across 6. Onetime Volvo competitor
3 Across 10. Letters on Ivan Drago's tracksuit in "Rocky IV"
4 Across 14. Concession admission
5 Across 15. Tourist hot spot in Uttar Pradesh
6 Across 16. Heard, but not seen
7 Across 17. Also + Frozen water
8 Across 19. Actress Rooney
9 Across 20. Hoopsters might hang on to them
10 Across 21. Mate
11 Across 22. Name of eight English kings
12 Across 23. Put into practice
13 Across 24. Three squared + Slide
14 Across 27. Brand with "counting sheep" mascots
15 Across 29. Stop right there!
16 Across 30. ___ Luís, Brazilian city of 1.1+ million
17 Across 31. Veterinarian's interest
18 Across 35. Buzzed, in a way
19 Across 36. Italian "darling" + Top-shelf
20 Across 39. Deep shade of green
21 Across 40. Like kilts and some drapes
22 Across 41. "___ is a revolt against fate": André Malraux
23 Across 42. Prefix with tracking
24 Across 43. Uncool bunch
25 Across 47. Northern tribe + Toe trouble
26 Across 52. "Niiiiice!"
27 Across 53. Dances around?
28 Across 54. Org. with a fraud hotline
29 Across 55. "___ upon a midnight dreary ..."
30 Across 56. Stink
31 Across 57. Auto + Consumed
32 Across 60. Cavuto of cable news
33 Across 61. Fruit so named for its wrinkly skin
34 Across 62. Sharp fingernail, humorously
35 Across 63. Curling current
36 Across 64. Get the win over
37 Across 65. Multiheaded monster of myth

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. Traditional roofing material for a Cape Cod-style house"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: C___R
  • Similar words: true cedar, cedarwood
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 1

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CEDAR


2 Across: "6. Onetime Volvo competitor"

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
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 2

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SAAB


3 Across: "10. Letters on Ivan Drago's tracksuit in "Rocky IV""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'P'
  • Word pattern: C__P
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 3

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CCCP


4 Across: "14. Concession admission"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 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 4

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ILOSE


5 Across: "15. Tourist hot spot in Uttar Pradesh"

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
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 5

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer AGRA


6 Across: "16. Heard, but not seen"

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: oral exam, unwritten
  • Opposite of: aboral
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: an examination conducted by spoken communication
  • This is Across clue number 6

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ORAL


7 Across: "17. Also + Frozen water"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 10 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 7

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TOOKNOTICE


8 Across: "19. Actress Rooney"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'M' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: M__A
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama
  • This is Across clue number 8

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MARA


9 Across: "20. Hoopsters might hang on to them"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'R' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: R__S
  • Similar words: lip, rim
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 9

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer RIMS


10 Across: "21. Mate"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'L'
  • Similar words: sidekick, chum up
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 10

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PAL


11 Across: "22. Name of eight English kings"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'Y'
  • Word pattern: H___Y
  • Similar words: H, Patrick Henry
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 11

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HENRY


12 Across: "23. Put into practice"

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: usance, habituate
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the act of using
  • This is Across clue number 12

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer USE


13 Across: "24. Three squared + Slide"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: N_________D
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 13

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NINETIESKID


14 Across: "27. Brand with "counting sheep" mascots"

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 14

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SERTA


15 Across: "29. Stop right there!"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'N'
  • Similar words: hostelry, hostel
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
  • This is Across clue number 15

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer INN


16 Across: "30. ___ Luís, Brazilian city of 1.1+ million"

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 16

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer SAO


17 Across: "31. Veterinarian's interest"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: A_____S
  • Similar words: brute, animate being
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
  • This is Across clue number 17

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ANIMALS


18 Across: "35. Buzzed, in a way"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'H'
  • Word pattern: H__H
  • Similar words: luxuriously, in high spirits
  • Opposite of: low spirits
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a lofty level or position or degree
  • This is Across clue number 18

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HIGH


19 Across: "36. Italian "darling" + Top-shelf"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 13 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: C___________E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 19

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CARAMELDELITE


20 Across: "39. Deep shade of green"

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
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
  • This is Across clue number 20

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer MOSS


21 Across: "40. Like kilts and some drapes"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 7 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'P' and ends with 'D'
  • Word pattern: P_____D
  • Similar words: pleat, ruffle
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: pleat or gather into a ruffle
  • This is Across clue number 21

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer PLEATED


22 Across: "41. "___ is a revolt against fate": André Malraux"

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: artwork, artistry
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
  • This is Across clue number 22

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ART


23 Across: "42. Prefix with tracking"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'G' and ends with 'O'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 23

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer GEO


24 Across: "43. Uncool bunch"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: N___S
  • Similar words: swot, wonk
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 24

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NERDS


25 Across: "47. Northern tribe + Toe trouble"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 11 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: C_________T
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 25

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CREEPINGOUT


26 Across: "52. "Niiiiice!""

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'H'
  • Similar words: aah
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
  • This is Across clue number 26

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer OOH


27 Across: "53. Dances around?"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'S'
  • Word pattern: H___S
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 27

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HORAS


28 Across: "54. Org. with a fraud hotline"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 3 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'I' and ends with 'S'
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 28

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer IRS


29 Across: "55. "___ upon a midnight dreary ...""

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
  • Similar words: at one time, in one case
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: on one occasion
  • This is Across clue number 29

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ONCE


30 Across: "56. Stink"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'O' and ends with 'R'
  • Word pattern: O__R
  • Similar words: aroma, scent
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: any property detected by the olfactory system
  • This is Across clue number 30

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer ODOR


31 Across: "57. Auto + Consumed"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 10 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'C' and ends with 'E'
  • Word pattern: C________E
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 31

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer CARBONDATE


32 Across: "60. Cavuto of cable news"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'N' and ends with 'L'
  • Word pattern: N__L
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 32

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer NEIL


33 Across: "61. Fruit so named for its wrinkly skin"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'U' and ends with 'I'
  • Word pattern: U__I
  • Similar words: tangelo, ugli fruit
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 33

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer UGLI


34 Across: "62. Sharp fingernail, humorously"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'T' and ends with 'N'
  • Word pattern: T___N
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
  • This is Across clue number 34

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer TALON


35 Across: "63. Curling current"

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: whirl, purl
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
  • This is Across clue number 35

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer EDDY


36 Across: "64. Get the win over"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 4 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'B' and ends with 'T'
  • Word pattern: B__T
  • Similar words: trump, scoop
  • Opposite of: evil
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • Definition: the supreme effort one can make
  • This is Across clue number 36

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer BEST


37 Across: "65. Multiheaded monster of myth"

Helpful hints for this Across clue:

  • This word has 5 letters going left to right
  • It starts with 'H' and ends with 'A'
  • Word pattern: H___A
  • Similar words: Snake
  • This is an abbreviation or acronym
  • This is Across clue number 37

Answer:

Click to reveal the Across answer HYDRA

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: December 04, 2025 at 04:50 AM

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