Thursday's NYT Across Nov 06 - Full Horizontal Grid Solutions
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 35 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 06, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Thursday |
| Total Across Clues | 35 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Challenging |
All Across Clues - Complete List
Here are all 35 Across clues for today's puzzle. These go horizontally from left to right.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Across | 1. The 1987 film "Spaceballs," e.g. |
| 2 Across | 6. Things often included with a free subscription |
| 3 Across | 9. Brazen |
| 4 Across | 14. Wake-up call |
| 5 Across | 15. Microscopic |
| 6 Across | 16. Photo option |
| 7 Across | 17. Prancing horse and golden bull, in the auto industry |
| 8 Across | 18. Super Bowl LVI winner |
| 9 Across | 19. More likely to make the correct choice |
| 10 Across | 20. Kind of butter in beauty products |
| 11 Across | 21. Skeptical sort |
| 12 Across | 23. Critical item |
| 13 Across | 24. SoCal area with the Latino Walk of Fame |
| 14 Across | 26. Annual February/March event, with "the" |
| 15 Across | 28. Pot papers |
| 16 Across | 30. Daredevil's mantra, in brief |
| 17 Across | 31. Dressing choice |
| 18 Across | 32. Vegetables in Cajun cuisine |
| 19 Across | 34. Certain stumbling block ... or a hint to three pairs of symmetrically positioned answers in this puzzle |
| 20 Across | 37. Nab |
| 21 Across | 38. Nab |
| 22 Across | 39. One in a gym set |
| 23 Across | 41. Bungles |
| 24 Across | 44. Hydrotherapy center |
| 25 Across | 45. Finagled a discount, say |
| 26 Across | 47. Language in which "zichzelf" is 49-Across |
| 27 Across | 49. See 47-Across |
| 28 Across | 51. Non-Rx |
| 29 Across | 52. Big shot |
| 30 Across | 53. Language in which "drosmigs" is 57-Across |
| 31 Across | 57. See 53-Across |
| 32 Across | 61. Designates, in a way |
| 33 Across | 62. Resistance to change? |
| 34 Across | 63. Woman's name invented by Jonathan Swift |
| 35 Across | 64. One accepted into the family? |
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. The 1987 film "Spaceballs," e.g."
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: F___E
- Similar words: stuff, travesty
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FARCE
2 Across: "6. Things often included with a free subscription"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
- Similar words: advert, advertisement
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a public promotion of some product or service
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ADS
3 Across: "9. Brazen"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: B___H
- Similar words: cheeky, nervy
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: offensively bold
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BRASH
4 Across: "14. Wake-up call"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: A___M
- Similar words: warning device, alarm clock
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ALARM
5 Across: "15. Microscopic"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'E'
- Similar words: teensy-weensy, urinate
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a short time
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WEE
6 Across: "16. Photo option"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: M___E
- Similar words: mat up, felt
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MATTE
7 Across: "17. Prancing horse and golden bull, in the auto industry"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: L___S
- Similar words: Word, logotype
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LOGOS
8 Across: "18. Super Bowl LVI winner"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'M'
- Similar words: drive, cram
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RAM
9 Across: "19. More likely to make the correct choice"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: W___R
- Similar words: overbold, impertinent
- Opposite of: foolish
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WISER
10 Across: "20. Kind of butter in beauty products"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 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 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SHEA
11 Across: "21. Skeptical sort"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'C'
- Word pattern: C___C
- Similar words: faultfinder
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: someone who is critical of the motives of others
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CYNIC
12 Across: "23. Critical item"
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: indigence, motive
- Opposite of: obviate
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a condition requiring relief
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NEED
13 Across: "24. SoCal area with the Latino Walk of Fame"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: E____A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EASTLA
14 Across: "26. Annual February/March event, with "the""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: O____S
- Similar words: Academy Award, Oscar
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OSCARS
15 Across: "28. Pot papers"
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: IOU
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an informal debt instrument; representing `I owe you'
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IOUS
16 Across: "30. Daredevil's mantra, in brief"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: Y__O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
YOLO
17 Across: "31. Dressing choice"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: R___H
- Similar words: cattle ranch, cattle farm
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RANCH
18 Across: "32. Vegetables in Cajun cuisine"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: O___S
- Similar words: okra, gumbo
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OKRAS
19 Across: "34. Certain stumbling block ... or a hint to three pairs of symmetrically positioned answers in this puzzle"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 13 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: T___________R
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TONGUETWISTER
20 Across: "37. Nab"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'G'
- Similar words: pocketbook, bagful
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a flexible container with a single opening
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BAG
21 Across: "38. Nab"
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: clutch, arrogate
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: take hold of; grab
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SEIZE
22 Across: "39. One in a gym set"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'P'
- Similar words: repp
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: informal abbreviation of `representative'
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
REP
23 Across: "41. Bungles"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: F___S
- Similar words: muff, pratfall
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an embarrassing mistake
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FLUBS
24 Across: "44. Hydrotherapy center"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'A'
- Similar words: health club, health spa
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- This is Across clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SPA
25 Across: "45. Finagled a discount, say"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: S___D
- Similar words: salve, keep
- Opposite of: lost
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: save from ruin
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SAVED
26 Across: "47. Language in which "zichzelf" is 49-Across"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: F_____H
- Similar words: Flemish dialect
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FLEMISH
27 Across: "49. See 47-Across"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'F'
- Word pattern: H_____F
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HIMSELF
28 Across: "51. Non-Rx"
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 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OTC
29 Across: "52. Big shot"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'V' and ends with 'P'
- Similar words: dignitary, panjandrum
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
- This is Across clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
VIP
30 Across: "53. Language in which "drosmigs" is 57-Across"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: L_____N
- Similar words: Lettish
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a native or inhabitant of Latvia
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LATVIAN
31 Across: "57. See 53-Across"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'V' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: V_____T
- Similar words: valorous
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: having or showing valor
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
VALIANT
32 Across: "61. Designates, in a way"
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: anele, oil
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: choose by or as if by divine intervention
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ANOINTS
33 Across: "62. Resistance to change?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: I_____A
- Similar words: inactiveness, inactivity
- Opposite of: activeness
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a disposition to remain inactive or inert
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
INERTIA
34 Across: "63. Woman's name invented by Jonathan Swift"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'V' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: V_____A
- Similar words: genus Vanessa
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: painted beauty and red admiral
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
VANESSA
35 Across: "64. One accepted into the family?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: M_____N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MADEMAN
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 35 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.
