NYT Across Today November 24, 2025: Complete Horizontal Clues Walkthrough
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 24, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Monday |
| Total Across Clues | 37 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Easy |
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. Pop music's Lady ___ |
| 2 Across | 5. Kid |
| 3 Across | 10. Sandwich shop |
| 4 Across | 14. Nerve fiber |
| 5 Across | 15. Product of a grapevine? |
| 6 Across | 16. Company bigwig |
| 7 Across | 17. Opposite of surplus |
| 8 Across | 18. Kind of acid that is the building block for a protein |
| 9 Across | 19. Something you click that starts "http" |
| 10 Across | 20. Comfortably well-off |
| 11 Across | 23. Dashboard reading, for short |
| 12 Across | 25. Top color in a rainbow |
| 13 Across | 26. Pecan or pistachio |
| 14 Across | 27. Rub out |
| 15 Across | 29. What you might drive while your car is in the shop |
| 16 Across | 32. Cereal with "marbits" and a leprechaun mascot |
| 17 Across | 35. Above, poetically |
| 18 Across | 38. Like pen smudges |
| 19 Across | 39. Wall for an outdoor maze |
| 20 Across | 40. Italian volcano |
| 21 Across | 41. A white one is a wardrobe staple |
| 22 Across | 42. Toy that comes out of a spray can |
| 23 Across | 44. Horse with a spotted coat |
| 24 Across | 46. What The Week puts out once a week |
| 25 Across | 47. Result of putting two and two together |
| 26 Across | 48. Off-roader, in brief |
| 27 Across | 50. What Bart Simpson sometimes calls Lisa |
| 28 Across | 51. Fowl play? ... or words that can follow the starts of 20-, 32- and 42-Across |
| 29 Across | 57. Universal building block |
| 30 Across | 58. "Nuh-uh!" |
| 31 Across | 59. Enclose in fancy paper, say |
| 32 Across | 62. Root vegetable used for poi |
| 33 Across | 63. Playing card better known as a jack |
| 34 Across | 64. Classroom helper |
| 35 Across | 65. [I'm standing right here!] |
| 36 Across | 66. Went downhill or cross-country, say |
| 37 Across | 67. Cat call |
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:
- May 27 2020 NYT Clues Solutions
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- September 14 2020 NYT Clues Solutions
- May 11 2020 NYT Clues Solutions
Complete Across Solutions:
1 Across: "1. Pop music's Lady ___"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: G__A
- Similar words: senile, wild
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: mentally or physically infirm with age
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GAGA
2 Across: "5. Kid"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: C___D
- Similar words: baby, nipper
- Opposite of: parent
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a young person of either sex
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CHILD
3 Across: "10. Sandwich shop"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'I'
- Word pattern: D__I
- Similar words: delicatessen, food shop
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DELI
4 Across: "14. Nerve fiber"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: A__N
- Similar words: axone
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AXON
5 Across: "15. Product of a grapevine?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: R___R
- Similar words: rumour, bruit
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RUMOR
6 Across: "16. Company bigwig"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'C'
- Word pattern: E__C
- Similar words: White House
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EXEC
7 Across: "17. Opposite of surplus"
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
- Definition: the state of owing something (especially money)
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DEBT
8 Across: "18. Kind of acid that is the building block for a protein"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: A___O
- Similar words: amino group, aminic
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the radical -NH2
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AMINO
9 Across: "19. Something you click that starts "http""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'K'
- Word pattern: L__K
- Similar words: tie in, linkup
- Opposite of: disconnect
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the means of connection between things linked in series
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LINK
10 Across: "20. Comfortably well-off"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 13 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: S___________Y
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SITTINGPRETTY
11 Across: "23. Dashboard reading, for short"
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: rev
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: rate of revolution of a motor
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RPM
12 Across: "25. Top color in a rainbow"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'D'
- Similar words: scarlet, bolshy
- Opposite of: gain
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RED
13 Across: "26. Pecan or pistachio"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'T'
- Similar words: fruitcake, crank
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: usually large hard-shelled seed
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NUT
14 Across: "27. Rub out"
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
- Similar words: wipe out, wipe off
- Opposite of: record
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: remove from memory or existence
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ERASE
15 Across: "29. What you might drive while your car is in the shop"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: L____R
- Similar words: lender
- Opposite of: borrower
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LOANER
16 Across: "32. Cereal with "marbits" and a leprechaun mascot"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 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 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LUCKYCHARMS
17 Across: "35. Above, poetically"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'R'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OER
18 Across: "38. Like pen smudges"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: I__Y
- Similar words: ink-black, inky-black
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: of the color of black ink
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
INKY
19 Across: "39. Wall for an outdoor maze"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: H___E
- Similar words: hedging, hedge in
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
- This is Across clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HEDGE
20 Across: "40. Italian volcano"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: E__A
- Similar words: bunsen burner, Mt Etna
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ETNA
21 Across: "41. A white one is a wardrobe staple"
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: football tee, teeing ground
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TEE
22 Across: "42. Toy that comes out of a spray can"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'G'
- Word pattern: S_________G
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SILLYSTRING
23 Across: "44. Horse with a spotted coat"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: D____E
- Similar words: spot, fleck
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a small contrasting part of something
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DAPPLE
24 Across: "46. What The Week puts out once a week"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: I___E
- Similar words: publication, progeny
- Opposite of: recall
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ISSUE
25 Across: "47. Result of putting two and two together"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'M'
- Similar words: summarise, sum total
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a quantity of money
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SUM
26 Across: "48. Off-roader, in brief"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'V'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ATV
27 Across: "50. What Bart Simpson sometimes calls Lisa"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
- Similar words: SI unit, te
- Opposite of: brother
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a female person who has the same parents as another person
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SIS
28 Across: "51. Fowl play? ... or words that can follow the starts of 20-, 32- and 42-Across"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 13 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 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DUCKDUCKGOOSE
29 Across: "57. Universal building block"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: A__M
- Similar words: corpuscle, mote
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ATOM
30 Across: "58. "Nuh-uh!""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: N___Y
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NOWAY
31 Across: "59. Enclose in fancy paper, say"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: W__P
- Similar words: enclose, wrap up
- Opposite of: unwrap
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WRAP
32 Across: "62. Root vegetable used for poi"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: T__O
- Similar words: taro plant, dasheen
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TARO
33 Across: "63. Playing card better known as a jack"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'K' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: K___E
- Similar words: rapscallion, scallywag
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
KNAVE
34 Across: "64. Classroom helper"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: A__E
- Similar words: auxiliary, adjutant
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AIDE
35 Across: "65. [I'm standing right here!]"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: A__M
- Similar words: hem
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AHEM
36 Across: "66. Went downhill or cross-country, 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: ski
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: move along on skis
- This is Across clue number 36
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SKIED
37 Across: "67. Cat call"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'W'
- Word pattern: M__W
- Similar words: mew, miaul
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
- This is Across clue number 37
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MEOW
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.
