Push back Crossword Clue

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Push back Crossword Answer

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DELAY

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(verb)
1. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
2. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PUSH (verb)
1. press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
2. make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
PUSH (noun)
1. the act of applying force in order to move something away
2. an electrical switch operated by pressing
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

DELAY
(5 letters)

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More Apple+ Crossword (4/16/2026) Answers

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1. URL opening

5. Walks heavily

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14. Brand that started as an imitation of Hydrox cookies

15. MLB broadcaster's call after a tag

16. '13th' director DuVernay

17. Portable party device

20. Fates

21. Dessert aptly served on 3/14

22. Tribute

23. Condé __

24. Portmanteau nickname for the 49th U.S. vice president

27. 40-day observance

28. ___ Goku, main character of Dragon Ball

29. Musical-instrument inventor Adolphe

30. Transition off of milk

31. Fellas

32. Somm's beverage

33. Method of transportation whose name isn't actually related to swine

36. Sesame Street resident who loves baths

37. Taking a hiatus from work

38. Complain at length

39. "Cry about it!"

40. Yes vote

41. Foundation

42. File menu option

46. Pokémon with a shell and water cannons

50. Adjective that sounds like a video-game console

51. Puts on TV again

53. Why does this keep happening!?

55. Not ignore a troll

56. With spite

57. Loves, loves, loves

58. Drummers keep them

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Down

1. Folksy greeting

2. Attempted

3. Like Ernest Hemingway's writing style

4. Apt profession for a Bard College grad?

5. Fran Drescher sitcom

7. House or car, for example

8. Fuzz on a rock

9. Little dog

10. Push down with a foot

11. Pull away for a one-on-one conversation

12. It may intersect with a st.

13. Pavement stuff

18. What a family tree shows

19. Skill for an archer

24. Micky Dolenz (lead singer on "I'm a Believer"), for example

25. 'Stay in your ___!'

26. Prop for a lumberjack costume

27. Bona fide

28. State of privacy

30. Nebraska tribe, or an RV manufacturer

31. Haunted ___ (Disneyland attraction)

32. In the Bible, Solomon had 700 of them

33. Speak to a higher power

34. Power-up in a racing video game

35. Pickup-truck brand

36. Period

39. Gives some lip

41. Flat-bottomed ship

43. Anticipate

44. Face coverings

45. First word in a counting rhyme

47. Person who sells whoppers?

48. Attempt

49. Simplicity

51. Cubs pitcher Colin

52. At wit's ___

54. Video-game franchise with a sixth installment due in November, for short

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