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A hepcat? It is awful cool (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apathetic

'cool' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a hepcat? it is awful' is the wordplay.
'is awful' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hepcat'+'it'='hepcatit'
'hepcatit' with letters rearranged gives 'pathetic'.
'a'+'pathetic'='APATHETIC'

(Other definitions for apathetic that I've seen before include "I hate pact, being disintersted" , "Unenthusiastic" , "Indifferent - without emotion" , "Impassive" , "disinclined to act" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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