It's cool for a hot second

Latest answer — June 11, 2026

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Across

  1. 1Unstated, yet understood
  2. 6Chimp or bonobo
  3. 9How the card game FreeCell is usually played
  4. 10It's cool for a hot second
  5. 11Investigative journalist Farrow
  6. 12___ Newton (cookie ... or is it fruit and cake?)
  7. 13Rolled-up grass
  8. 14Parenthetical comment
  9. 16World Cup sport, in Spanish
  10. 18World Cup sport, in Italian
  11. 20Nursery rhyme with the line "Put it in the oven for baby and me"
  12. 23Swelled heads
  13. 24French "to be"
  14. 25As ___ usual
  15. 26100% genuine

Down

  1. 1Covers, as a road
  2. 2Standoffish and chilly
  3. 3Leader with a baton
  4. 4Catch lightning ___ bottle
  5. 5Viably
  6. 6Locally-owned TV station licensed to air network programming
  7. 7Ponied up
  8. 8Small advantage
  9. 15World Cup sport, in American English
  10. 17Pics on a pec, say
  11. 19Vegetable in gumbo
  12. 20Lively energy
  13. 21900 years, for Yoda in "Return of the Jedi"
  14. 22Fish that becomes a piece of fishing equipment when an "R" is added to the front

The answer to “It's cool for a hot second” in the New York Times Midi crossword is FAD — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on June 11, 2026 at 10-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“It's cool for a hot second” answer

FAD (3 letters)

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Why the answer is FAD

FAD is the 3-letter solution that fits "It's cool for a hot second" in the NYT Midi crossword on June 11, 2026 (10-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does FAD mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of FAD is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived; a craze

When else has “It's cool for a hot second” appeared?

New York Times Midi reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

June 11, 2026 (most recent) → FAD. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “It's cool for a hot second”?

The answer is FAD, a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Midi crossword on June 11, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “It's cool for a hot second”?

3 letters: FAD.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times Midi crossword on June 11, 2026, at 10-Across.

Can “It's cool for a hot second” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times Midi sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of today's NYT Midi answers?

Every clue and answer from that day's puzzle is linked above, and the full grid is on the NYT Midi answers page.

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