Track athlete

The answer to “Track athlete” in the Thomas Joseph crossword is MILER — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Thomas Joseph crossword on August 7, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 40-Across, and it has also run on 1 earlier date with the same answer. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Track athlete” answer

MILER (5 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is MILER.

Why the answer is MILER

This runner specializes in the classic distance of four laps around a standard outdoor track 🏃

What does MILER mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of MILER is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Track athlete” appeared?

Thomas Joseph reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

• August 7, 2026 (most recent) → MILER
• July 31, 2026 → MILER

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