NYT Across Today September 30, 2025: Complete Horizontal Clues Walkthrough
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 | September 30, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Tuesday |
| Total Across Clues | 35 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Tricky |
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. Wood turner |
| 2 Across | 6. Frank who directed "It's a Wonderful Life" |
| 3 Across | 11. Yuletide beverage |
| 4 Across | 14. Storyteller of antiquity |
| 5 Across | 15. How tuna may be packed |
| 6 Across | 16. Card game that involves shouting its name |
| 7 Across | 17. *What a straw man in a cornfield is for? |
| 8 Across | 19. Palindromic woman's name |
| 9 Across | 20. "Already accomplished!" |
| 10 Across | 21. Dodge |
| 11 Across | 23. Product in high demand |
| 12 Across | 26. Material for a pub quiz |
| 13 Across | 27. During a tiebreaker, informally |
| 14 Across | 28. *Ref who makes a ruling against your favored team? |
| 15 Across | 31. Queen Elizabeth II's favored dog breed |
| 16 Across | 33. Move like the Blob |
| 17 Across | 34. Informal top |
| 18 Across | 35. *Primate with perfect pitch? |
| 19 Across | 39. Puppet alien of TV |
| 20 Across | 42. Greek cheese |
| 21 Across | 43. Underground waterway |
| 22 Across | 47. *Kelley Blue Book? |
| 23 Across | 51. "Tootsie" actress Garr |
| 24 Across | 52. "Unfortunately that's wrong" |
| 25 Across | 53. Sleazy hotel |
| 26 Across | 55. "Shush!" |
| 27 Across | 56. "No more for me, thanks" |
| 28 Across | 58. Something found in a pen or octopus |
| 29 Across | 59. "I love this!" ... or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues |
| 30 Across | 64. Year in Spain |
| 31 Across | 65. Sign between Virgo and Scorpio |
| 32 Across | 66. "Unfortunately ..." |
| 33 Across | 67. Declares, informally |
| 34 Across | 68. Teeny-tiny |
| 35 Across | 69. Run-down |
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. Wood turner"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: L___E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LATHE
2 Across: "6. Frank who directed "It's a Wonderful Life""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: C___A
- Similar words: Frank Capra, genus Capra
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: United States film maker (1897-1991)
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CAPRA
3 Across: "11. Yuletide beverage"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'G'
- Similar words: peg
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NOG
4 Across: "14. Storyteller of antiquity"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: A___P
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC)
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AESOP
5 Across: "15. How tuna may be packed"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: I___L
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
INOIL
6 Across: "16. Card game that involves shouting its name"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'O'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
UNO
7 Across: "17. *What a straw man in a cornfield is for?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: C_________L
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CROWCONTROL
8 Across: "19. Palindromic woman's name"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'N'
- Similar words: Nan River, naan
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: your grandmother
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NAN
9 Across: "20. "Already accomplished!""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 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
DONEIT
10 Across: "21. Dodge"
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: duck, sidestep
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EVADE
11 Across: "23. Product in high demand"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: H_____M
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
HOTITEM
12 Across: "26. Material for a pub quiz"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: T____A
- Similar words: triviality, trivium
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: something of small importance
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TRIVIA
13 Across: "27. During a tiebreaker, informally"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 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 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
INOT
14 Across: "28. *Ref who makes a ruling against your favored team?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 10 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: G________P
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GARBAGEUMP
15 Across: "31. Queen Elizabeth II's favored dog breed"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'I'
- Word pattern: C___I
- Similar words: Welsh corgi
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CORGI
16 Across: "33. Move like the Blob"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: O__E
- Similar words: sludge, gook
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: any thick
- This is Across clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OOZE
17 Across: "34. Informal top"
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: tee up, teeing ground
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- This is Across clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TEE
18 Across: "35. *Primate with perfect pitch?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 9 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'G'
- Word pattern: O_______G
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ONKEYKONG
19 Across: "39. Puppet alien of TV"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'F'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ALF
20 Across: "42. Greek cheese"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: F__A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FETA
21 Across: "43. Underground waterway"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: S___R
- Similar words: gutter, toilet
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SEWER
22 Across: "47. *Kelley Blue Book?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 10 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'G'
- Word pattern: C________G
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CARCATALOG
23 Across: "51. "Tootsie" actress Garr"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'I'
- Word pattern: T__I
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TERI
24 Across: "52. "Unfortunately that's wrong""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 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 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ALASNO
25 Across: "53. Sleazy hotel"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'G'
- Word pattern: F_____G
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a run-down hotel
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FLEABAG
26 Across: "55. "Shush!""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: C___T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CANIT
27 Across: "56. "No more for me, thanks""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: I____L
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IMFULL
28 Across: "58. Something found in a pen or octopus"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'K'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
- This is Across clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
INK
29 Across: "59. "I love this!" ... or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 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 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ITSADELIGHT
30 Across: "64. Year in Spain"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'O'
- Similar words: Fatah-RC, Black September
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ANO
31 Across: "65. Sign between Virgo and Scorpio"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: L___A
- Similar words: Balance
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LIBRA
32 Across: "66. "Unfortunately ...""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: I___R
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IFEAR
33 Across: "67. Declares, informally"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'Z'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SEZ
34 Across: "68. Teeny-tiny"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: E___Y
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EENSY
35 Across: "69. Run-down"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: S___Y
- Similar words: sordid, unwell
- Opposite of: seedless
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: full of seeds
- This is Across clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SEEDY
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.
