The Clue
Record-breaking miler (4 letter answer)
The Answer
CRAM
Tags
Notes
The answer CRAM is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
Related Clues
Compress
Jam
Jampack
Pack
Pack in
Stuff
Bone up
Fill by force
Miler Steve
Pack tightly
Prep for exams
Quick study?
Study feverishly
Study for finals
Study hard
Study intensely
Stuff to the gills
Hit the books hard
Learn fast, say
Learn the hard way?
Pull an all-nighter
Steve of track fame
Study at the last minute
Study, study, study
How some preppies prep
Study hard at the last minute
Burn the midnight oil, student-style
Definition
CRAM as a verb:
1. (jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad) = crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
2. put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase"
3. (cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone) = study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
4. prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam