Answer: STRAIN
STRAIN is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 59 times.
Referring Clues:
- Push beyond limits
 - Back problem
 - Muscle problem
 - Cause of muscle ache
 - Virus variety
 - Lineage
 - Considerable effort
 - Use a sieve
 - Variety
 - Group of viruses
 - Flu type
 - Pour through a sieve
 - Eye or back problem
 - Turn to mush
 - Exert
 - Muscle injury
 - Overexertion
 - Prepare food for the baby
 - Run through a sieve
 - Variant
 - Muscle woe
 - Back or eye problem
 - Bloodline
 - Filter
 - Tune
 - Stress
 - Sports injury
 - Stretch to the limit
 - Stretch to the limit
 - Overexert
 - Pressure
 - Ancestry
 - Exertion
 - Sift
 - Overstretch
 - Athlete's injury
 - Try hard
 - Overtax
 - Muscle malady
 - Result of heavy moving
 - Try too hard
 - Muscle overexertion
 - Change in length divided by original length
 - Tension
 - Eye or muscle problem
 - Wrench
 - Cause of back spasms
 - Cause of collapse
 - Put through a sieve
 - Variation
 - Overextend oneself
 - Pasta instruction
 - Go all out
 - Distinct melodic segment
 - Genetic variant
 - Variety of cannabis
 - Use a colander
 - Use a sieve or cheesecloth
 - Common eye ailment
 
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - June 28, 2025
 - New York Times - March 19, 2025
 - USA Today - December 31, 2024
 - LA Times - October 22, 2024
 - LA Times - January 23, 2024
 - USA Today - September 25, 2023
 - LA Times - August 29, 2023
 - USA Today - August 24, 2023
 - USA Today - April 28, 2023
 - New York Times - August 03, 2022
 - New York Times - March 28, 2021
 - New York Times - March 07, 2021
 - USA Today - September 03, 2020
 - Netword - August 30, 2020
 - New York Times - May 11, 2019
 - LA Times - January 15, 2019
 - USA Today - June 14, 2018
 - Universal - December 17, 2017
 - USA Today - May 16, 2017
 - King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - April 16, 2017
 
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