Today's NYT Crossword Across Clues December 12, 2025 - Complete Left-to-Right Answers
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 33 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 12, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Friday |
| Total Across Clues | 33 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Easy |
All Across Clues - Complete List
Here are all 33 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Across | 1. Some free spots, for short |
| 2 Across | 5. Grounds |
| 3 Across | 10. Doesn't just talk |
| 4 Across | 14. "You're telling me!" |
| 5 Across | 16. Word with wet or sweat |
| 6 Across | 17. Conspiracy theorist's accessory |
| 7 Across | 18. "Don't leave me!," e.g. |
| 8 Across | 19. 16 in a Sweet Sixteen |
| 9 Across | 20. Main component of a "gutbucket," a jug band instrument |
| 10 Across | 22. Personal records |
| 11 Across | 25. Padlocked fasteners |
| 12 Across | 26. Variety of orange named for a European city |
| 13 Across | 29. What blue crabs do roughly 20 times in their lifetimes |
| 14 Across | 30. Jobs announcement of 2010 |
| 15 Across | 31. News feed, perhaps |
| 16 Across | 35. [Waaaaah!] |
| 17 Across | 36. Thick confection used for cake icing |
| 18 Across | 37. Part of a golf club |
| 19 Across | 38. See 5-Down |
| 20 Across | 40. Binary |
| 21 Across | 41. Succors |
| 22 Across | 42. Photo session workers |
| 23 Across | 44. Ace, e.g. |
| 24 Across | 46. Skater's braking method with the back foot positioned horizontally |
| 25 Across | 47. Relative of a craft fair |
| 26 Across | 50. "Duino Elegies" poet |
| 27 Across | 53. Saves, as a digital location |
| 28 Across | 54. Clichéd line from the side of a product package |
| 29 Across | 58. It's cool to drink |
| 30 Across | 59. "I haven't told you the best part ..." |
| 31 Across | 60. Impressively accurate pass, in football slang |
| 32 Across | 61. Floats |
| 33 Across | 62. Give a bad hand? |
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. Some free spots, for short"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: P__S
- Similar words: PSA
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PSAS
2 Across: "5. Grounds"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: C___E
- Similar words: lawsuit, have
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CAUSE
3 Across: "10. Doesn't just talk"
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: bit, pretend
- Opposite of: refrain
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ACTS
4 Across: "14. "You're telling me!""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 10 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: I________T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IKNOWRIGHT
5 Across: "16. Word with wet or sweat"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: S__T
- Similar words: accommodate, courtship
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SUIT
6 Across: "17. Conspiracy theorist's accessory"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 10 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: T________T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TINFOILHAT
7 Across: "18. "Don't leave me!," e.g."
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: P__A
- Similar words: supplication
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a humble request for help from someone in authority
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PLEA
8 Across: "19. 16 in a Sweet Sixteen"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: T___S
- Similar words: squad, team
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TEAMS
9 Across: "20. Main component of a "gutbucket," a jug band instrument"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'B'
- Word pattern: W_____B
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a tub in which clothes or linens can be washed
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WASHTUB
10 Across: "22. Personal records"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: B___S
- Similar words: C. H. Best, trump
- Opposite of: worst
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the supreme effort one can make
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BESTS
11 Across: "25. Padlocked fasteners"
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
- Similar words: hasp
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HASPS
12 Across: "26. Variety of orange named for a European city"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'V' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: V______A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an industrial city in northern Venezuela
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
VALENCIA
13 Across: "29. What blue crabs do roughly 20 times in their lifetimes"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: M__T
- Similar words: moulting, moult
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MOLT
14 Across: "30. Jobs announcement of 2010"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: I__D
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IPAD
15 Across: "31. News feed, perhaps"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 10 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: R________E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RAWFOOTAGE
16 Across: "35. [Waaaaah!]"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'B'
- Similar words: cocksucker, sobbing
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a dyspneic condition
- This is Across clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SOB
17 Across: "36. Thick confection used for cake icing"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: F_____T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste
- This is Across clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FONDANT
18 Across: "37. Part of a golf club"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'E'
- Similar words: toenail
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: one of the digits of the foot
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TOE
19 Across: "38. See 5-Down"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 10 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: A________E
- Similar words: trumpery, tripe
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced
- This is Across clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
APPLESAUCE
20 Across: "40. Binary"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: D__L
- Similar words: duple, threefold
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DUAL
21 Across: "41. Succors"
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: aid, assistance
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AIDS
22 Across: "42. Photo session workers"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 8 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: S______S
- Similar words: stylist, hairdresser
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an artist who is a master of a particular style
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
STYLISTS
23 Across: "44. Ace, e.g."
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: S___E
- Similar words: serve well, dish up
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SERVE
24 Across: "46. Skater's braking method with the back foot positioned horizontally"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: T___P
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TSTOP
25 Across: "47. Relative of a craft fair"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: A_____O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ARTEXPO
26 Across: "50. "Duino Elegies" poet"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: R___E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RILKE
27 Across: "53. Saves, as a digital location"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: P__S
- Similar words: fall, oarlock
- Opposite of: unpin
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PINS
28 Across: "54. Clichéd line from the side of a product package"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 10 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'V'
- Word pattern: A________V
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ASSEENONTV
29 Across: "58. It's cool to drink"
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
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ICEE
30 Across: "59. "I haven't told you the best part ...""
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 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
THERESMORE
31 Across: "60. Impressively accurate pass, in football slang"
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: fleet, flutter
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DART
32 Across: "61. Floats"
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
- Similar words: fall, hang
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a special way of doing something
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HANGS
33 Across: "62. Give a bad hand?"
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
- Definition: assist or encourage
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ABET
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 33 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.
