Bad thing to feel toward the end of a marathon NYT Crossword Clue

Bad thing to feel toward the end of a marathon NYT Crossword Clue

ANSWER: CRAMP

The answer to the New York Times crossword clue Bad thing to feel toward the end of a marathon for July 14, 2025, is CRAMP.

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for July 14, 2025

Across

• 1A Account used to log into Threads, familiarly: INSTA

• 6A Upscale gym freebie: TOWEL

• 7A Bad thing to feel toward the end of a marathon: CRAMP

• 8A Vowelless grunt: HMMPH

• 9A Vegetable in fried rice: PEA

Down

• 1D Reason to scratch one’s head, perhaps: ITCH

• 2D Standard: NORM

• 3D Shrek’s home: SWAMP

• 4D Arizona city between Phoenix and Mesa: TEMPE

• 5D Gen ___ (kids born in the 2010s): ALPHA

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