Thursday's NYT Across Oct 16 - Full Horizontal Grid Solutions
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 39 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 | October 16, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Thursday |
| Total Across Clues | 39 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Easy |
All Across Clues - Complete List
Here are all 39 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Across | 1. "___ Talkin' 'bout Love" (Van Halen song) |
| 2 Across | 5. *Treat with kindness |
| 3 Across | 10. Noted works of the Roman poet Horace |
| 4 Across | 14. Brute |
| 5 Across | 15. Statuette modeled after a knight holding a crusader's sword |
| 6 Across | 16. Feeling associated with skipping a party, perhaps |
| 7 Across | 17. Unchangeable |
| 8 Across | 19. Horned creature in "Pan's Labyrinth" |
| 9 Across | 20. Hungers for |
| 10 Across | 21. Early Germanic people |
| 11 Across | 23. Move around the world |
| 12 Across | 24. *Expensive |
| 13 Across | 26. Lift |
| 14 Across | 29. Mardi Gras locale, informally |
| 15 Across | 30. Ovarian sac contents |
| 16 Across | 31. Fuddy-duddies |
| 17 Across | 32. "Still ___" (2022 rap hit) |
| 18 Across | 33. Meander |
| 19 Across | 34. High lights? |
| 20 Across | 35. Practice chiromancy |
| 21 Across | 37. Disappear, as a trail |
| 22 Across | 40. "Central Park in the Dark" composer |
| 23 Across | 41. Music box? |
| 24 Across | 44. Diviner |
| 25 Across | 45. Jerry's uncle on "Seinfeld" |
| 26 Across | 46. Box a bit |
| 27 Across | 47. Tonkatsu coating |
| 28 Across | 48. *Deli device |
| 29 Across | 49. Bug expert, for short |
| 30 Across | 50. Invite at the door |
| 31 Across | 52. Extreme pressure |
| 32 Across | 53. El ___ |
| 33 Across | 55. Felt tired during the day, say |
| 34 Across | 58. Words to a betrayer |
| 35 Across | 59. "The Philosophy of Right" author |
| 36 Across | 60. Like a computer with a running screensaver |
| 37 Across | 61. How whiskey might be served … with a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues |
| 38 Across | 62. *Risky endeavor, idiomatically |
| 39 Across | 63. Onetime resident of the Winter Palace |
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. "___ Talkin' 'bout Love" (Van Halen song)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: A__T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AINT
2 Across: "5. *Treat with kindness"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: B______O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BENICETO
3 Across: "10. Noted works of the Roman poet Horace"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: O__S
- Similar words: ode
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ODES
4 Across: "14. Brute"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: B__R
- Similar words: peasant, Goth
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BOOR
5 Across: "15. Statuette modeled after a knight holding a crusader's sword"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: O___R
- Similar words: Academy Award
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OSCAR
6 Across: "16. Feeling associated with skipping a party, perhaps"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: F__O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FOMO
7 Across: "17. Unchangeable"
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 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SETINSTONE
8 Across: "19. Horned creature in "Pan's Labyrinth""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: F__N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: ancient Italian deity in human shape
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FAUN
9 Across: "20. Hungers for"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: C____S
- Similar words: lust, hunger
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: have a craving
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CRAVES
10 Across: "21. Early Germanic people"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: G___S
- Similar words: boor, peasant
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GOTHS
11 Across: "23. Move around the world"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: O___T
- Similar words: electron orbit, arena
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ORBIT
12 Across: "24. *Expensive"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: P____Y
- Similar words: high-priced, pricy
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: having a high price
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PRICEY
13 Across: "26. Lift"
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
- Similar words: run up, wind
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HOIST
14 Across: "29. Mardi Gras locale, informally"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: N__A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NOLA
15 Across: "30. Ovarian sac contents"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
- Similar words: hard roe
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ROE
16 Across: "31. Fuddy-duddies"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: P____S
- Similar words: prude, puritan
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
- This is Across clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PRUDES
17 Across: "32. "Still ___" (2022 rap hit)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'E'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DRE
18 Across: "33. Meander"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: W__D
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: direct one's course or way
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WEND
19 Across: "34. High lights?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: A____A
- Similar words: break of day, cockcrow
- Opposite of: sunset
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the first light of day
- This is Across clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AURORA
20 Across: "35. Practice chiromancy"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: R_______S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
READPALMS
21 Across: "37. Disappear, as a trail"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: G____D
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GOCOLD
22 Across: "40. "Central Park in the Dark" composer"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: I__S
- Similar words: James Ives
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IVES
23 Across: "41. Music box?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'P'
- Similar words: ampere, adenylic acid
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AMP
24 Across: "44. Diviner"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: O____E
- Similar words: prophet, seer
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an authoritative person who divines the future
- This is Across clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ORACLE
25 Across: "45. Jerry's uncle on "Seinfeld""
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: Lion, Leo the 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 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LEO
26 Across: "46. Box a bit"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: S__R
- Similar words: sparring
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SPAR
27 Across: "47. Tonkatsu coating"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: P___O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PANKO
28 Across: "48. *Deli device"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: S____R
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SLICER
29 Across: "49. Bug expert, for short"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: I___O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ITPRO
30 Across: "50. Invite at the door"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: A___N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ASKIN
31 Across: "52. Extreme pressure"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: D____S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: compulsory force or threat
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DURESS
32 Across: "53. El ___"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: P__O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PASO
33 Across: "55. Felt tired during the day, say"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 10 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: N________P
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NEEDEDANAP
34 Across: "58. Words to a betrayer"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'U'
- Word pattern: E__U
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ETTU
35 Across: "59. "The Philosophy of Right" author"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: H___L
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HEGEL
36 Across: "60. Like a computer with a running screensaver"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: I__E
- Similar words: stagnate, groundless
- Opposite of: run
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- This is Across clue number 36
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IDLE
37 Across: "61. How whiskey might be served … with a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: N__T
- Similar words: great, keen
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: clean or organized
- This is Across clue number 37
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NEAT
38 Across: "62. *Risky endeavor, idiomatically"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: D______L
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 38
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DICEROLL
39 Across: "63. Onetime resident of the Winter Palace"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: T__R
- Similar words: czar, tzar
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 39
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TSAR
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 39 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.
