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
| 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.
| 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:
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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
- 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 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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