Alternative music genre since the mid-1980s

The answer to “Alternative music genre since the mid-1980s” in the New York Times crossword is EMO — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on August 2, 2025, a Saturday puzzle, at 21-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.

“Alternative music genre since the mid-1980s” answer

EMO (3 letters)

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Why the answer is EMO

EMO is the 3-letter solution that fits "Alternative music genre since the mid-1980s" in the NYT Crossword crossword on August 2, 2025 (21-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does EMO mean?

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

When else has “Alternative music genre since the mid-1980s” appeared?

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August 2, 2025 (most recent) → EMO. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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