Force back Crossword Clue

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Force back Crossword Answer

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REPEL

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(verb)
1. force or drive back
2. fill with distaste

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FORCE (noun)
1. (of a law) having legal validity
2. group of people willing to obey orders
FORCE (verb)
1. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
2. force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
BACK (noun)
1. a support that you can lean against while sitting
2. the side that goes last or is not normally seen
BACK (verb)
1. give support or one’s approval to
2. establish as valid or genuine
BACK (adverb)
1. in or to or toward a past time
2. at or to or toward the back or rear
BACK (adjective)
1. located at or near the back of an animal
2. of an earlier date

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

Repel
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Hint 4: Anagram

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LEPER

More Vox Crossword (9/19/2026) Answers

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17. Small cabbagelike veggies

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21. Rental document

22. Edgar Allan __

25. Pitt or Penn

27. Small sofa

30. Gifford's successor on morning TV

32. "Origin" director DuVernay

33. Bathroom powder

36. Secretive sound

40. Caramel deLite or Trefoil, for example

43. Part of some vocal quartets

44. Rap.

45. Lupino of Hollywood

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48. Bit of correspondence

50. Trembling poplar

53. Father, in Madrid

55. Not well

56. Fanciful stories

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63. Basic medical exam

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67. Stunning weapon

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70. Rotates

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Down

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13. Insincere sort

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49. State of dullness

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51. Replay feature

52. Decorative feather

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54. Pale with fright

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58. Grand jete, for one

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