Opposite of forward? Crossword Clue

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Opposite of forward? Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. react verbally
(noun)
1. the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
2. a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

OPPOSITE (adverb)
1. directly facing each other
OPPOSITE (adjective)
1. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
2. of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
OPPOSITE (noun)
1. a contestant that you are matched against
2. a relation of direct opposition
FORWARD (adverb)
1. forward in time or order or degree
2. near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
FORWARD (verb)
1. send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
FORWARD (adjective)
1. moving forward
2. at or near or directed toward the front
FORWARD (noun)
1. a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
2. the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey

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More NYT Crossword (4/9/2025) Answers

Across

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10. Dried chili pepper

15. Like a limbo bar, after a few rounds

16. "Seinfeld" role for Julia Louis-Dreyfus

17. Seating option at a diner

18. Magritte's "Ceci n'est pas ___ pipe"

19. Three-star review of a cocktail shaker?

21. "Toodle-oo!"

23. Thurman of Kill Bill

24. Sell/buy-back agreement, for short

25. Three-star review of Battleship?

28. Diamond stat

30. Shipshape

31. Spike of cinema

32. Tax-related

36. A good one is bright

37. Sea-__

38. Pens

39. Piece of bread dipped in gravy

40. Three-star review of a no-stress class?

42. Actress Vardalos

43. Apt rhyme for "fiddle"

45. Clear, as dishes

46. Like a step in the right direction?

47. Sign that there's no turning back

48. Sign on a park bench, maybe

49. S.F. commuter train system

50. AOL, e.g., in brief

51. Three-star review of Tulsa?

54. Subject line abbr.

57. Drop down?

59. Source of smoke for a model volcano

60. Three-star review of the Friday before Easter?

64. Title in Spain: Abbr.

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67. M&M color replaced in 1995

68. ___ manager

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70. Nickname that drops -art

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1. React to flirtation, say

2. "You're getting too excited"

3. Sugar

4. "No man has a good enough ___ to be a successful liar": Lincoln

5. Pelvis bone

6. Hardly strict

7. Bluff, e.g.

8. Ultimate purpose

9. Length for a pregnancy or presidency

10. They might be made of steel, hyperbolically

11. Cultivate

12. Actor Sprouse of "Riverdale"

13. Address opener

14. Extremely

20. Talking-tos

22. Sage-colored sage

26. Words of defeat

27. Puts on a patch, say

29. "Fine, I'll ___"

33. Ones getting good marks?

34. Stereotypical monocle wearer

35. Hurdle for a future "Esq."

36. "That ___ say . . ."

37. Odysseus' captor

38. Touches

40. Smartphone predecessors, in brief

41. Perform a felonious favor for

44. Fall off

46. Very doable

48. Squirm

49. LeVar who hosted TV's "Reading Rainbow" for 23 years

52. Where Jewish singles might mingle

53. Reeves of "Point Break"

54. City seen in Instagram?

55. "Piggies"

56. At most

58. Gobs

61. Pub. that predicted it would take one to 10 million years to invent a flying machine, two months before the first airplane flight

62. Stephen of "The Crying Game"

63. Urging at the start of a meal

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