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Swimmers Bane Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is CRAMPS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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99%6Exact Match!
noun

• a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

• a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued

• a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together

verb

• secure with a cramp

• prevent the progress or free movement of

• affect with or as if with a cramp

• suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle

98%8Exact Match!
noun

• an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling

• the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore

25%8Bane of one's existence
adjective satellite

• under a curse

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Source #Number Answer
New York Times09 May 1993 Down 14
New York Times01 Apr 1993 Across 63
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