Backward
Crossword Clue and Answers

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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Irish Independent - Simple.

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Publications

  • Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 7 Sep 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 20 Jul 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 1 Apr 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Friday, 9 Nov 2018

Crossword Answers

3 letters

SHY
A quick throw; "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman"

4 letters

BACK
A support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"

5 letters

AREAR

RETRO
A fashion reminiscent of the past

6 letters

ASTERN
At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"

RETRAL
At or near or toward the posterior

8 letters

REARWARD
Direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"

RETARDED
Relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded"

9 letters

REARWARDS
At or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"

BACKWARDS
At or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"

10 letters

HALFWITTED

SLOWWITTED

RETROGRADE
Go back over; "retrograde arguments"

12 letters

FEEBLEMINDED
Retarded in intellectual development

13 letters

UNENLIGHTENED
Not enlightened; ignorant; "the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order"