Across Clues NYT October 07, 2025 - Today's Complete Horizontal Solutions
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 | October 07, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Tuesday |
| Total Across Clues | 37 clues |
| Direction | Horizontal (Left to Right) |
| Difficulty | Tricky |
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. "No ___, no glory!" |
| 2 Across | 5. Floral shade |
| 3 Across | 10. Diamonds, informally |
| 4 Across | 13. "A likely story" |
| 5 Across | 14. Puccini's "___ Butterfly" |
| 6 Across | 15. D.C. ballplayer |
| 7 Across | 16. It is "an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken," per Shakespeare |
| 8 Across | 17. Trample |
| 9 Across | 18. Belgian resort renowned for its mineral springs |
| 10 Across | 19. Brief time to savor one's glory, metaphorically |
| 11 Across | 21. Boy king of Egypt |
| 12 Across | 22. Shorthand pro |
| 13 Across | 23. Written to arouse, say |
| 14 Across | 25. Turnip or rutabaga |
| 15 Across | 29. Diaphanous |
| 16 Across | 31. Coyote pup's place |
| 17 Across | 34. Mysterious way to vanish |
| 18 Across | 37. Eye layer |
| 19 Across | 39. Lugged |
| 20 Across | 40. Sicily's highest peak |
| 21 Across | 41. Practical and unpretentious |
| 22 Across | 44. Madrid's country, on World Cup scoreboards |
| 23 Across | 45. Top-tier |
| 24 Across | 46. 40-Across output |
| 25 Across | 47. One-of-a-kind |
| 26 Across | 50. Delay |
| 27 Across | 55. Baseball great Mel |
| 28 Across | 56. Oscar-winning Disney song sung by a crab named Sebastian |
| 29 Across | 60. South America's ___ de la Plata |
| 30 Across | 61. Mythological figure whose ill-fated trajectory is suggested by 19-, 34-, 41- and 56-Across |
| 31 Across | 62. Venetian blind component |
| 32 Across | 63. Animal with an udder |
| 33 Across | 64. Thin layer |
| 34 Across | 65. Sidewalk eatery |
| 35 Across | 66. "Bel Canto" author Patchett |
| 36 Across | 67. Cathedral recesses |
| 37 Across | 68. Black gemstone |
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. "No ___, no glory!""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: G__S
- Similar words: backbone, gumption
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: fortitude and determination
- This is Across clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
GUTS
2 Across: "5. Floral shade"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'C'
- Word pattern: L___C
- Similar words: lilac-colored, lavender
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LILAC
3 Across: "10. Diamonds, informally"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'E'
- Similar words: frost, deoxyephedrine
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: water frozen in the solid state
- This is Across clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ICE
4 Across: "13. "A likely story""
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 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
IBET
5 Across: "14. Puccini's "___ Butterfly""
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: M____A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
MADAMA
6 Across: "15. D.C. ballplayer"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'T'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
NAT
7 Across: "16. It is "an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken," per Shakespeare"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: L__E
- Similar words: bonk, honey
- Opposite of: hate
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
- This is Across clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LOVE
8 Across: "17. Trample"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: S____N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
STEPON
9 Across: "18. Belgian resort renowned for its mineral springs"
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: watering place, watering hole
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- This is Across clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SPA
10 Across: "19. Brief time to savor one's glory, metaphorically"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: D_________N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DAYINTHESUN
11 Across: "21. Boy king of Egypt"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'T'
- Similar words: tsk, tut-tut
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: utter `tsk
- This is Across clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TUT
12 Across: "22. Shorthand pro"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: S___O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
STENO
13 Across: "23. Written to arouse, say"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'C'
- Word pattern: E____C
- Similar words: titillating
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an erotic person
- This is Across clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
EROTIC
14 Across: "25. Turnip or rutabaga"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: R__T
- Similar words: rout, root word
- Opposite of: descendant
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ROOT
15 Across: "29. Diaphanous"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: L___T
- Similar words: short, ignitor
- Opposite of: heavy
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LIGHT
16 Across: "31. Coyote pup's place"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'N'
- Similar words: lair, hideout
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the habitation of wild animals
- This is Across clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DEN
17 Across: "34. Mysterious way to vanish"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 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 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
INTOTHINAIR
18 Across: "37. Eye layer"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: U__A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
UVEA
19 Across: "39. Lugged"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: T___D
- Similar words: add up, tote
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: carry with difficulty
- This is Across clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
TOTED
20 Across: "40. Sicily's highest peak"
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: Mt Etna, Mount Etna
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ETNA
21 Across: "41. Practical and unpretentious"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: D_________H
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
DOWNTOEARTH
22 Across: "44. Madrid's country, on World Cup scoreboards"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'P'
- Similar words: second sight, E.S.P.
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ESP
23 Across: "45. Top-tier"
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: elect, elite group
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ELITE
24 Across: "46. 40-Across output"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 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 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LAVA
25 Across: "47. One-of-a-kind"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: U____E
- Similar words: singular, alone
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: radically distinctive and without equal
- This is Across clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
UNIQUE
26 Across: "50. Delay"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: S___L
- Similar words: dilly-dally, stalling
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
STALL
27 Across: "55. Baseball great Mel"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'T'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
OTT
28 Across: "56. Oscar-winning Disney song sung by a crab named Sebastian"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 11 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: U_________A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
UNDERTHESEA
29 Across: "60. South America's ___ de la Plata"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'O'
- Similar words: Rio de Janeiro
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
RIO
30 Across: "61. Mythological figure whose ill-fated trajectory is suggested by 19-, 34-, 41- and 56-Across"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: I____S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ICARUS
31 Across: "62. Venetian blind component"
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: spline
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a thin strip (wood or metal)
- This is Across clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
SLAT
32 Across: "63. Animal with an udder"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'W'
- Similar words: overawe, moo-cow
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: female of domestic cattle:
- This is Across clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
COW
33 Across: "64. Thin layer"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 6 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: L____A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)
- This is Across clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
LAMINA
34 Across: "65. Sidewalk eatery"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: C__E
- Similar words: coffee shop, coffeehouse
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
- This is Across clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
CAFE
35 Across: "66. "Bel Canto" author Patchett"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 3 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'N'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ANN
36 Across: "67. Cathedral recesses"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 5 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: A___S
- Similar words: apse, apsis
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 36
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
APSES
37 Across: "68. Black gemstone"
Helpful hints for this Across clue:
- This word has 4 letters going left to right
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'X'
- Word pattern: O__X
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Across clue number 37
Answer: Click to reveal the Across answer
ONYX
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.
