All NYT Across Clues December 29, 2025 - 35 Horizontal Answers with Hints
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 | December 29, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Monday |
| 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. Life story, in brief |
| 2 Across | 4. The "S" of NASA |
| 3 Across | 9. Where Shrek lives |
| 4 Across | 14. Kerfuffle |
| 5 Across | 15. Outer limits |
| 6 Across | 16. They're contained within books |
| 7 Across | 17. Is severely underpaid |
| 8 Across | 20. Andean animal with a long neck |
| 9 Across | 21. Earth goddess |
| 10 Across | 22. Condé ___ (magazine publisher) |
| 11 Across | 23. "Tsk! Tsk!" |
| 12 Across | 25. Humorist Bombeck |
| 13 Across | 27. Motown or RCA |
| 14 Across | 32. Particular place |
| 15 Across | 35. Stephen of "V for Vendetta" |
| 16 Across | 36. Country that contains the southern slope of Mount Everest |
| 17 Across | 38. Chicago trains |
| 18 Across | 39. Seating area for 12 peers |
| 19 Across | 42. Piece of Grubhub info, for short |
| 20 Across | 43. Stringed instrument that rests on the ground |
| 21 Across | 45. Tin Man's need |
| 22 Across | 46. Like the Mariana Trench |
| 23 Across | 47. Works that are heard rather than read |
| 24 Across | 51. Sister of Meg, Jo and Amy in "Little Women" |
| 25 Across | 52. Gives the ax |
| 26 Across | 55. Soaks (up) |
| 27 Across | 58. Puppy sounds |
| 28 Across | 61. Fundamental belief |
| 29 Across | 63. Description for an ideal partner ... or what the ends of 17-, 27-, 39- and 47-Across create? |
| 30 Across | 66. Put on TV |
| 31 Across | 67. Molars and canines |
| 32 Across | 68. Signal for an actor to go onstage |
| 33 Across | 69. Pumpkin, e.g. |
| 34 Across | 70. "Alas ..." |
| 35 Across | 71. TV's "___ Lasso" |
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:
- April 19 2022 NYT Clues Solutions
- July 17 2020 NYT Clues Solutions
- March 31 2021 NYT Clues Solutions
- August 02 2021 NYT Clues Solutions
Complete Across Solutions:
1 Across: "1. Life story, in brief"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'O'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BIO
2 Across: "4. The "S" of NASA"
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: outer space, infinite
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SPACE
3 Across: "9. Where Shrek lives"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: S___P
- Similar words: flood, deluge
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SWAMP
4 Across: "14. Kerfuffle"
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: fuss, stir
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a rapid active commotion
- This is Across clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ADO
5 Across: "15. Outer limits"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: E___S
- Similar words: march, sharpness
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the boundary of a surface
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EDGES
6 Across: "16. They're contained within books"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: P___S
- Similar words: pageboy, varlet
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
PAGES
7 Across: "17. Is severely underpaid"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 15 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: W_____________S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
WORKSFORPEANUTS
8 Across: "20. Andean animal with a long neck"
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
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LLAMA
9 Across: "21. Earth goddess"
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: Gaea, Ge
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GAIA
10 Across: "22. Condé ___ (magazine publisher)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: N__T
- Similar words: Thomas Nast
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: United States political cartoonist (1840-1902)
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NAST
11 Across: "23. "Tsk! Tsk!""
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: dishonor, pity
- Opposite of: honor
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SHAME
12 Across: "25. Humorist Bombeck"
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
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ERMA
13 Across: "27. Motown or RCA"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: R_________L
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RECORDLABEL
14 Across: "32. Particular place"
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: discern, recognise
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SPOT
15 Across: "35. Stephen of "V for Vendetta""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'A'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
REA
16 Across: "36. Country that contains the southern slope of Mount Everest"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 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 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NEPAL
17 Across: "38. Chicago trains"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
- Similar words: elevated, el
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ELS
18 Across: "39. Seating area for 12 peers"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 7 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'J' and ends with 'X'
- Word pattern: J_____X
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
JURYBOX
19 Across: "42. Piece of Grubhub info, for short"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'A'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ETA
20 Across: "43. Stringed instrument that rests on the ground"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: C___O
- Similar words: violoncello
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CELLO
21 Across: "45. Tin Man's need"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'L'
- Similar words: petroleum, rock oil
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OIL
22 Across: "46. Like the Mariana Trench"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: D__P
- Similar words: cryptical, mystifying
- Opposite of: shallow
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the central and most intense or profound part
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DEEP
23 Across: "47. Works that are heard rather than read"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: B_________E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BOOKSONTAPE
24 Across: "51. Sister of Meg, Jo and Amy in "Little Women""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: B__H
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
- This is Across clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
BETH
25 Across: "52. Gives the ax"
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: sack, displace
- Opposite of: hire
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the event of something burning (often destructive)
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
FIRES
26 Across: "55. Soaks (up)"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: S__S
- Similar words: soak, soak through
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SOPS
27 Across: "58. Puppy sounds"
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
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ARFS
28 Across: "61. Fundamental belief"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: T___T
- Similar words: dogma
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TENET
29 Across: "63. Description for an ideal partner ... or what the ends of 17-, 27-, 39- and 47-Across create?"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 15 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 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
THETOTALPACKAGE
30 Across: "66. Put on TV"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: A___D
- Similar words: publicize, airy
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: expose to fresh air
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
AIRED
31 Across: "67. Molars and canines"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: T___H
- Similar words: dentition, tooth
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TEETH
32 Across: "68. Signal for an actor to go onstage"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'E'
- Similar words: prompt, remind
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CUE
33 Across: "69. Pumpkin, e.g."
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: G___D
- Similar words: gourd vine, calabash
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GOURD
34 Across: "70. "Alas ...""
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: deplorably, lamentably
- Opposite of: happily
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: in an unfortunate way
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SADLY
35 Across: "71. TV's "___ Lasso""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'D'
- Similar words: Teddy boy
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TED
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.
