Awesome, in 1990s slang

The answer to “Awesome, in 1990s slang” in the New York Times crossword is PHAT — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 9, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 24-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.

“Awesome, in 1990s slang” answer

PHAT (4 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is PHAT.

Why the answer is PHAT

This term was all the rage in hip-hop culture, meaning something really cool! 😎

What does PHAT mean?

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

When else has “Awesome, in 1990s slang” appeared?

New York Times 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.

January 9, 2025 (most recent) → PHAT. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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