Hang back Crossword Clue

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Hang back Crossword Answer

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REMAIN

(6 letters)

LAG

(3 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
2. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HANG (verb)
1. fall or flow in a certain way
2. give heed (to)
HANG (noun)
1. a special way of doing something
2. a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast’s weight is supported by the arms
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

REMAIN
(6 letters)
LAG
(3 letters)

More Universal Crossword (10/28/2025) Answers

Across

1. Storage spots at houses' tops

7. Got cozy

14. On bed rest, say

15. John Lennon's love

16. Repetitive futbol cheer

18. 62-Across was inducted into it in Sept. 2025

19. Unspoken

21. Pinot noir and shiraz

22. Actor Kapoor

24. Big ___ (semi)

25. Some sci-fi characters

26. Wad of gum, say

28. Blokes

30. Kung pao chicken vessel

33. Brownish-yellow colour

35. G-sharp equivalent

36. Is, for you

37. Vacation booking

38. __ es Salaam

39. Consumed

41. Water cooler?

42. Josh

44. Broad neck scarf

45. Gondola propeller

46. One of the Obama daughters

47. Stat for a Canadian driver

48. "Fast ___" (Tracy Chapman hit)

49. Bartenders check them

51. Squabble

54. Part of a chipmunk's stash

57. Trustworthy

59. Not prone to crushes for short

60. Atsuko Okatsuka or Wanda Sykes

62. Lakers power forward James

64. Wall Street figures

65. African fly

66. Ladies of Lima

67. Remained

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Down

1. Hello, in Honolulu

2. Kestrel claw

3. Battle spacecraft piloted by Darth Vader

4. Bride's phrase

5. ___ of personality

6. Long weapon with a point

7. Russian rejection

8. Canon camera series

9. Beef often used for fajitas

10. "Def!"

11. Washer or dryer unit

12. Sinus docs

13. '___, a deer, a female deer'

17. Haute couture, and a hint to the starts of 3-, 9-, 27- and 30-Down

20. Noisy bugs

23. Folktales, e.g.

25. Clean energy org.

27. Wood-smoothing tool

29. "Done so fast?"

30. Super Bowl gathering, e.g.

31. Classic cookie

32. University city in 33-Down

33. The Buckeye State

34. "Cola" lead-in

40. Snakes by the Nile

43. Musical gift

48. Operating principle

50. Seasons as pasta water

52. Sprang (up)

53. Softened, with "down"

54. Random ___ of kindness

55. Honeycrisp center

56. Arab country home to the Land of Frankincense

57. Scottish gal

58. Out of concern that

61. Nest egg choice, briefly

63. "The Golden Girls" actress Arthur

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