FAT is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for FAT in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "FAT" answer was first appeared in "24 Dec 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Surplus". It was authored by John Stanley. Recently, the "FAT" answer has been used for "26 Sep 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Major component of a ketogenic diet". It was authored by Shannon Rapp and Rebecca Goldstein. "FAT" appeared 108 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "FAT" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sep 2023 | 48A | Major component of a ketogenic diet | Shannon Rapp and Rebecca Goldstein |
| 9 Aug 2023 | 61D | What “Gras” means in “Mardi Gras” | Caryn Robbins and Matthew Stock |
| 27 Jul 2023 | 21D | The 2% of “2%” | Guilherme Gilioli |
| 15 Apr 2023 | 21D | Nickname for France’s Louis VI, with “the” | Kameron Austin Collins |
| 14 Mar 2023 | 1A | What butchers trim away | Peter Gordon |
| 12 Jan 2023 | 24A | Some trimmings | Grant Thackray |
| 1 Nov 2022 | 21D | Big, as a bonus | Bruce Haight |
| 13 Sep 2022 | 30D | The marbling in marbled beef | Adam Wagner |
| 18 Jun 2022 | 32A | ___ cat | Brooke Husic |
| 26 May 2022 | 50A | Butter, e.g. | Jonathan M. Kaye |
| 23 Dec 2021 | 43D | Like Santa, in traditional depictions | Stephen McCarthy |
| 27 Jul 2021 | 49A | ___ Tuesday (translation of “Mardi Gras”) | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson |
| 12 Jul 2021 | 9D | What Jack Sprat couldn’t eat, in a nursery rhyme | Kevin Christian |
| 10 Sep 2020 | 53D | Trimmable part | David J. Kahn |
| 1 Sep 2020 | 7A | Saturated ___ | David Steinberg |
| 2 Aug 2020 | 102D | Budgetary excess | David Levinson Wilk |
| 30 Apr 2020 | 40D | It’s chewed by the chatty | Caitlin Reid |
| 11 Feb 2020 | 38D | Butter or olive oil | Neil Padrick Wilson and Jeff Chen |
| 22 Dec 2019 | 89D | Swollen, as a lip | Laura Taylor Kinnel |
| 31 Jul 2019 | 60D | “___ chance!” | Dan Caprera |
| 18 Sep 2018 | 7D | Beef marbling | Greg Johnson |
| 4 Sep 2018 | 4D | Chubby | Bruce Haight |
| 11 Aug 2018 | 30D | Excess | Ryan McCarty |
| 17 Jun 2018 | 84A | Unnecessary extra | Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard |
| 4 May 2018 | 28A | Some animal tissue | Michael Hawkins |
| 22 Apr 2018 | 105D | Bacon runoff | Ross Trudeau |
| 10 Jan 2018 | 48A | Diet of Jack Sprat’s wife | Sen. Joe Donnelly and Michael S. Maurer |
| 25 Dec 2017 | 25A | Budgetary excess | Lynn Lempel |
| 4 Dec 2017 | 30D | Liposuction target | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 18 Oct 2017 | 61A | Like Falstaff | John Lithgow and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 3 Oct 2017 | 58D | Liposculpture target | Chuck Deodene |
| 9 Sep 2017 | 35A | Richest part | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins |
| 21 May 2017 | 84D | Falstaffian | Randolph Ross |
| 30 Apr 2017 | 52D | Kind of chance | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 15 Apr 2017 | 49A | Epithet for Louis VI, with “the” | Peter Wentz |
| 19 Mar 2017 | 82A | Having a spare tire, maybe | Grant Thackray |
| 6 Mar 2017 | 1D | What the “Gras” of Mardi Gras means | Susan Gelfand |
| 15 Jan 2017 | 41A | Budgetary excess | Joel Fagliano |
| 14 Sep 2016 | 8D | Budgetary excess | Dan Schoenholz |
| 18 May 2016 | 47A | “___ chance!” | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 29 Mar 2016 | 61D | What beef marbling is | Peter A. Collins |
| 7 Mar 2016 | 6D | Obese | Damon Gulczynski |
| 4 Dec 2015 | 11D | Broad and then some | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 5 Sep 2015 | 47A | See 33-Across | Byron Walden |
| 16 Aug 2015 | 101A | Budgetary excess | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 20 Jul 2015 | 22A | Weight-watcher’s worry | John Westwig |
| 7 Apr 2015 | 50A | Spare tire contents | David J. Lieb |
| 22 Oct 2014 | 7A | Target of trimming | Patrick Blindauer |
| 5 Oct 2014 | 34A | Excess | Samuel A. Donaldson |
| 17 Dec 2012 | 29D | Obese | Elizabeth A. Long |
| 29 Aug 2012 | 5D | Marbled meat feature | Tony Orbach |
| 28 Jul 2012 | 19A | Thick | Victor Fleming and Sam Ezersky |
| 12 Jan 2012 | 30A | Epithet for France’s Louis VI, with “the” | Gareth Bain |
| 15 Nov 2011 | 58D | Budget add-ons | Gareth Bain |
| 7 May 2011 | 4D | Waist-ful? | Tim Croce |
| 3 Apr 2011 | 109D | Butcher’s trimmings | Oliver Hill and Eliza Bagg |
| 27 Mar 2011 | 77D | See 136-Across | Kevin G. Der |
| 18 May 2010 | 51A | Bacon runoff | Peter A. Collins |
| 8 May 2010 | 20A | See 5-Down | Mark Diehl |
| 16 Mar 2010 | 24D | Too heavy | Paula Gamache |
| 4 Mar 2010 | 9D | Stout | David J. Kahn |
| 1 Feb 2010 | 47A | Round about the belly | Scott Atkinson |
| 4 Nov 2009 | 60D | “___ chance!” | Ricky Ini Liu |
| 12 Feb 2009 | 46A | Excess | Gary & Stephen Kennedy |
| 4 Nov 2008 | 11A | Like William Howard Taft | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| 11 Apr 2008 | 20A | Excess | Manny Nosowsky |
| 6 Nov 2007 | 23D | Jack Sprat’s taboo | John Underwood |
| 21 Apr 2007 | 35D | Like some paychecks | Byron Walden |
| 30 Apr 2006 | 55D | Corpulent | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 27 Feb 2006 | 64D | Lard, essentially | Ed Early |
| 16 Dec 2005 | 48A | You can burn it | Joe DiPietro |
| 6 Oct 2005 | 11A | Rotund | Daniel C. Bryant |
| 21 Mar 2005 | 47D | Blubber | Mike Torch |
| 23 Feb 2005 | 41A | Part of marbling | Lee Glickstein |
| 16 Nov 2004 | 30D | ___ Tuesday (Mardi Gras) | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| 29 Aug 2004 | 92A | Spare tire | Manny Nosowsky |
| 21 Dec 2003 | 108D | Like Santa | Frances Hansen |
| 6 Oct 2003 | 41A | Blubber | Barry Silk |
| 8 May 2003 | 11A | Prosperous | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 16 Apr 2003 | 60D | “___ chance” | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 6 Mar 2003 | 33D | Unnecessary part | Cathy Millhauser |
| 12 Feb 2003 | 8D | 500-pound, say | Ed Early |
| 5 Dec 2002 | 57D | Overabundance | Joe DiPietro |
| 30 Jul 2002 | 60D | “___ chance!” | Sherry O. Blackard |
| 9 Jul 2002 | 29A | Portly plus | Robert Malinow |
| 21 Jan 2002 | 24A | Blubber | Peter Gordon |
| 19 Jan 2002 | 58D | Cause of some unwanted expansion | Gilbert H. Ludwig |
| 11 Oct 2001 | 32A | Blubber | Nancy S. Ross |
| 16 Sep 2001 | 26A | Bacon feature | Bill Zais |
| 9 Sep 2001 | 91D | ___ city | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| 7 Nov 2000 | 50A | “Spare tire,” essentially | David Levinson Wilk |
| 30 Jul 2000 | 79A | Excess | Randolph Ross |
| 7 Dec 1999 | 58D | Blubber | Norman S. Wizer |
| 23 Oct 1999 | 5D | It may be burned | Frank Longo and Brendan Quigley |
| 23 Aug 1999 | 21D | Dieter’s concern | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| 6 Jun 1999 | 158D | Rounder than round | David J. Kahn |
| 25 Apr 1999 | 113D | Excess amount | Joe DiPietro |
| 2 Jan 1999 | 59D | Lucrative | Rich Norris |
| 20 Dec 1998 | 93A | Like Falstaff | Frances Hansen |
| 30 Oct 1998 | 23A | Like Falstaff | Jim Page |
| 9 Sep 1997 | 18D | The 2% of 2% | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 25 Jul 1997 | 7D | Skim milk extract | Harvey Estes |
| 8 Nov 1996 | 40A | Lucrative | M. Gaffney |
| 4 Nov 1996 | 1D | More than hefty | P. Wilson |
| 25 Jul 1996 | 39D | Lard | A. J. Santora |
| 7 Jan 1996 | 92A | The ___ of the land | Eric Albert |
| 21 Mar 1995 | 25A | Artery clogger | Harvey Estes |
| 24 Dec 1994 | 39A | Surplus | John Stanley |
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