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Backslides Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is RELAPSES which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: RELAPSES

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97%8Exact Match!
noun

• a failure to maintain a higher state

verb

• deteriorate in health

• go back to bad behavior

96%6Exact Match!
noun

• a mistake resulting from inattention

• a break or intermission in the occurrence of something

• a failure to maintain a higher state

verb

• pass into a specified state or condition; sink into

• end, at least for a long time

• drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

• go back to bad behavior

• let slip

• for time to move forward

90%8 Opposite of accepts
noun

• change toward something smaller or lower

• a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• a downward slope or bend

verb

• grow worse

• not accept as true

• show unwillingness towards

• grow smaller

• go down

• fall in value

• inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

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Source #Number Answer
New York Times06 Nov 2004 Down 35
New York Times14 Jan 1996 Down 93
New York Times08 Nov 1989 Across 24
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