Today's Across Crossword NYT September 27, 2025 - Every Horizontal Solution Explained
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 34 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 | September 27, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Saturday |
| Total Across Clues | 34 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Medium |
All Across Clues - Complete List
Here are all 34 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Across | 1. Thin underlayer |
| 2 Across | 5. Comment often made with an eye roll |
| 3 Across | 9. African capital whose name translates to "ants" |
| 4 Across | 14. Derby, e.g. |
| 5 Across | 16. Commit a library taboo |
| 6 Across | 17. Ship-to-ship communication |
| 7 Across | 18. Lacks |
| 8 Across | 19. Parent whose child is taking steps to improve? |
| 9 Across | 20. Backbiter? |
| 10 Across | 21. Puts in a protected place |
| 11 Across | 23. They arose from Ra's tears, according to Egyptian mythology |
| 12 Across | 24. Cries of disappointment |
| 13 Across | 25. Components of some brick buildings |
| 14 Across | 28. It might be living on the edge |
| 15 Across | 31. Showing tough love, say |
| 16 Across | 32. Mash at a luau |
| 17 Across | 33. "Please avoid brutal honesty!" |
| 18 Across | 35. Wise |
| 19 Across | 37. Certain drug classification, in brief |
| 20 Across | 38. Ally of Athens during the Peloponnesian War |
| 21 Across | 40. Fathers |
| 22 Across | 41. Two-humper |
| 23 Across | 43. Period that begins on July 23 |
| 24 Across | 44. It's not an option |
| 25 Across | 45. Zest source |
| 26 Across | 50. Brown alternative |
| 27 Across | 51. Enterprise enterprise |
| 28 Across | 52. WWE star Randy ___ |
| 29 Across | 54. Part of a high-tech security system |
| 30 Across | 55. "Lift ___ Voice and Sing" (protest anthem) |
| 31 Across | 56. They go from season to season |
| 32 Across | 57. Short |
| 33 Across | 58. Hibernation stations |
| 34 Across | 59. Seven ___ |
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. Thin underlayer"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: S__P
- Similar words: parapraxis, err
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a socially awkward or tactless act
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SLIP
2 Across: "5. Comment often made with an eye roll"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'F'
- Word pattern: A__F
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ASIF
3 Across: "9. African capital whose name translates to "ants""
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 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ACCRA
4 Across: "14. Derby, e.g."
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: H_______E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HORSERACE
5 Across: "16. Commit a library taboo"
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: call, cry out
- Opposite of: whisper
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SHOUT
6 Across: "17. Ship-to-ship communication"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: A_______Y
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AHOYMATEY
7 Across: "18. Lacks"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: H___T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HASNT
8 Across: "19. Parent whose child is taking steps to improve?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 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 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DANCEMOM
9 Across: "20. Backbiter?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: F__A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FLEA
10 Across: "21. Puts in a protected place"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: E_______S
- Similar words: enshrine, shrine
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: enclose in a shrine
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ENSHRINES
11 Across: "23. They arose from Ra's tears, according to Egyptian mythology"
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: bee, comprise
- Opposite of: differ
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BEES
12 Across: "24. Cries of disappointment"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OYS
13 Across: "25. Components of some brick buildings"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: L______S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LEGOSETS
14 Across: "28. It might be living on the edge"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'B'
- Word pattern: S___B
- Similar words: bush
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SHRUB
15 Across: "31. Showing tough love, say"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: S___N
- Similar words: quarter, keister
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the rear part of a ship
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
STERN
16 Across: "32. Mash at a luau"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'I'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
POI
17 Across: "33. "Please avoid brutal honesty!""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 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 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LIETOME
18 Across: "35. Wise"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: P_____T
- Opposite of: imprudent
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PRUDENT
19 Across: "37. Certain drug classification, in brief"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'C'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: (of securities) not traded on a stock exchange
- This is Across clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OTC
20 Across: "38. Ally of Athens during the Peloponnesian War"
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: Argo
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ARGOS
21 Across: "40. Fathers"
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: forefather, mother
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SIRES
22 Across: "41. Two-humper"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: B______N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BACTRIAN
23 Across: "43. Period that begins on July 23"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'O'
- Similar words: Leo the Lion, Lion
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LEO
24 Across: "44. It's not an option"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: N__D
- Similar words: necessitate, take
- Opposite of: obviate
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a condition requiring relief
- This is Across clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NEED
25 Across: "45. Zest source"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: L_______D
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LEMONRIND
26 Across: "50. Brown alternative"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: P__N
- Similar words: Pennsylvania, William Penn
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PENN
27 Across: "51. Enterprise enterprise"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: R______R
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RENTACAR
28 Across: "52. WWE star Randy ___"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: O___N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ORTON
29 Across: "54. Part of a high-tech security system"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 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 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LASERMAZE
30 Across: "55. "Lift ___ Voice and Sing" (protest anthem)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: E___Y
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EVERY
31 Across: "56. They go from season to season"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 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 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
STORYARCS
32 Across: "57. Short"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: T___E
- Similar words: crisp, laconic
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: brief and to the point; effectively cut short
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TERSE
33 Across: "58. Hibernation stations"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: D__S
- Similar words: hideaway, den
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the habitation of wild animals
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DENS
34 Across: "59. Seven ___"
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: ocean, sea
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SEAS
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 34 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.
