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Throwback Crossword Clue

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noun

• an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism

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noun

• (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)

• (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)

• a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

• turning in the opposite direction

• returning to a former state

• a failure to maintain a higher state

95%7Exact Match!
noun

• a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

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Source #Number Answer
New York Times01 Mar 2014 Across 8
New York Times19 Jun 2003 Down 32
New York Times12 Jan 1995 Down 1
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