Today's Across Crossword NYT November 04, 2025 - Every Horizontal Solution Explained
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 | November 04, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Tuesday |
| Total Across Clues | 37 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Medium |
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. Skill needed for bocce |
| 2 Across | 4. World's most commonly cultivated coffee species |
| 3 Across | 11. Genre for Jimmy Eat World |
| 4 Across | 14. Commercial lead-in to Caps or Balls |
| 5 Across | 15. Like the number "i" |
| 6 Across | 16. ___-top (hairstyle associated with the Beatles) |
| 7 Across | 17. Folk-rock pair featured in the documentary "Wordplay" |
| 8 Across | 19. George Washington bill |
| 9 Across | 20. Repellent ingredient |
| 10 Across | 21. Queens ballplayer |
| 11 Across | 22. Spun platters for a party, informally |
| 12 Across | 23. Isn't perfect |
| 13 Across | 24. Half of a standard deck of cards |
| 14 Across | 28. Part of n.b. |
| 15 Across | 30. Greeting from Kermit the 47-Across |
| 16 Across | 31. 17-syllable poem |
| 17 Across | 33. Like slavery per the 13th Amendment |
| 18 Across | 38. Wood-cutting tool |
| 19 Across | 39. 1950s entertainment innovation ... or a hint to the first and second halves of 17-, 24-, 48- and 60-Across |
| 20 Across | 41. It can be blonde or brown |
| 21 Across | 42. Shadow government, according to conspiracy theories |
| 22 Across | 44. Bert's roommate |
| 23 Across | 46. 2010 best-selling Emma Donoghue novel |
| 24 Across | 47. See 30-Across |
| 25 Across | 48. Place for plants to flourish |
| 26 Across | 53. Inquires |
| 27 Across | 56. "___ Shaker" (1992 Wreckx-N-Effect hit) |
| 28 Across | 57. Diarist Anaïs |
| 29 Across | 58. What you eat |
| 30 Across | 59. As easy as ___ |
| 31 Across | 60. Fast-food chain with the slogan "The Crave is a powerful thing" |
| 32 Across | 64. As easy as ___ |
| 33 Across | 65. Experienced again |
| 34 Across | 66. The Dream Team |
| 35 Across | 67. Squeeze (by) |
| 36 Across | 68. People who overuse Caps Lock, so to speak |
| 37 Across | 69. ___ Wonderful, fruit juice brand |
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. Skill needed for bocce"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'M'
- Similar words: heading, shoot for
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AIM
2 Across: "4. World's most commonly cultivated coffee species"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 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 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ARABICA
3 Across: "11. Genre for Jimmy Eat World"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'O'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EMO
4 Across: "14. Commercial lead-in to Caps or Balls"
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 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SNO
5 Across: "15. Like the number "i""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 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 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NONREAL
6 Across: "16. ___-top (hairstyle associated with the Beatles)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'P'
- Similar words: swob, wipe up
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MOP
7 Across: "17. Folk-rock pair featured in the documentary "Wordplay""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: I_________S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
INDIGOGIRLS
8 Across: "19. George Washington bill"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'E'
- Similar words: ane, unity
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ONE
9 Across: "20. Repellent ingredient"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: D__T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DEET
10 Across: "21. Queens ballplayer"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'T'
- Similar words: see, touch
- Opposite of: diverge
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: come together
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MET
11 Across: "22. Spun platters for a party, informally"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: D__D
- Similar words: disk-jockey, disc-jockey
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: comment on music to be played
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DJED
12 Across: "23. Isn't perfect"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: E__S
- Similar words: drift, stray
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: to make a mistake or be incorrect
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ERRS
13 Across: "24. Half of a standard deck of cards"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 10 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 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BLACKSUITS
14 Across: "28. Part of n.b."
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
NOTA
15 Across: "30. Greeting from Kermit the 47-Across"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: H__O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HIHO
16 Across: "31. 17-syllable poem"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'U'
- Word pattern: H___U
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
- This is Across clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HAIKU
17 Across: "33. Like slavery per the 13th Amendment"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: A_______D
- Similar words: abolish, get rid of
- Opposite of: establish
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: do away with
- This is Across clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ABOLISHED
18 Across: "38. Wood-cutting tool"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'Z'
- Similar words: adze
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ADZ
19 Across: "39. 1950s entertainment innovation ... or a hint to the first and second halves of 17-, 24-, 48- and 60-Across"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'V'
- Word pattern: C_____V
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
COLORTV
20 Across: "41. It can be blonde or brown"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ALE
21 Across: "42. Shadow government, according to conspiracy theories"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: D_______E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DEEPSTATE
22 Across: "44. Bert's roommate"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: E___E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ERNIE
23 Across: "46. 2010 best-selling Emma Donoghue novel"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: R__M
- Similar words: board, way
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ROOM
24 Across: "47. See 30-Across"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'G'
- Word pattern: F__G
- Similar words: batrachian, salientian
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FROG
25 Across: "48. Place for plants to flourish"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 10 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: G________E
- Similar words: glasshouse, nursery
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GREENHOUSE
26 Across: "53. Inquires"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: A__S
- Similar words: demand, inquire
- Opposite of: obviate
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: inquire about
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ASKS
27 Across: "56. "___ Shaker" (1992 Wreckx-N-Effect hit)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: R__P
- Similar words: backside, bum
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RUMP
28 Across: "57. Diarist Anaïs"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'N'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NIN
29 Across: "58. What you eat"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: D__T
- Similar words: dieting
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a prescribed selection of foods
- This is Across clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DIET
30 Across: "59. As easy as ___"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'C'
- Similar words: rudiment, alphabet
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ABC
31 Across: "60. Fast-food chain with the slogan "The Crave is a powerful thing""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: W_________E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WHITECASTLE
32 Across: "64. As easy as ___"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'E'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PIE
33 Across: "65. Experienced again"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: R_____D
- Similar words: relive, live over
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: experience again
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RELIVED
34 Across: "66. The Dream Team"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'A'
- Similar words: the States, America
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
USA
35 Across: "67. Squeeze (by)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'E'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EKE
36 Across: "68. People who overuse Caps Lock, so to speak"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: Y_____S
- Similar words: roarer, screamer
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
- This is Across clue number 36
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
YELLERS
37 Across: "69. ___ Wonderful, fruit juice brand"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'M'
- Similar words: pommy
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a disparaging term for a British person
- This is Across clue number 37
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
POM
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.
