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Moving Backward Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is RETROGRADE which was last seen in the Telegraph Cross Atlantic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: RETROGRADE

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adjective

• moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth

• of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

adjective satellite

• going from better to worse

• moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction

verb

• move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

• move in a direction contrary to the usual one

• move back

• go back over

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition

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verb

• pass on or delegate to another

• be inherited by

• grow progressively worse

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Source #Number Answer
Telegraph Cross Atlantic15 Mar 2024 Down 3
New York Times06 Aug 2023 Down 5
New York Times26 Apr 1978 Down 28
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