Crossword Clue: River past Manhattan
Here's the answer to the River past Manhattan crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: HUDSON
The answer to "River past Manhattan" is HUDSON. Hudson runs 6 letters — 2 vowels and 4 consonants — opening with H and closing on N. In a grid it fills a 6-square slot whose letters are each shared with a crossing word, so the intersections do a lot of the heavy lifting when the clue itself is tough.
Origin & meaning
The Hudson flows about 315 miles through eastern New York to the Atlantic at New York City. It is a tidal estuary for much of its lower reach, nicknamed the river that flows both ways.
Common usage
You'll see HUDSON in grids regularly — its 6-letter, 2 vowels shape is exactly what setters need to bridge trickier entries. When one intersecting letter is already in place, especially the H or N, HUDSON tends to fall fast.
Crossword trivia
Short answers like HUDSON are the connective tissue of a crossword. You'll meet HUDSON again and again, and recognizing it instantly is one of the quiet skills that separates fast solvers from slow ones.
Stuck on this clue?
The fastest way past a stubborn clue like this one is the grid itself: pencil in the easy crossing answers first, and HUDSON will often be the only word that fits the letters you already have.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue HUDSON — sometimes with a straight dictionary definition, sometimes with wordplay, a pun, or a fill-in-the-blank — but the answer itself stays the same. Learning to spot the answer behind the disguise is a core crossword skill.
Example sentences
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing HUDSON into the grid took no time at all."
- "Hudson is the kind of answer that clicks the moment you spot one letter."
- "Seeing 'River past Manhattan' in the clue list, an experienced solver pencils in HUDSON almost immediately."