The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word EATSCROW , but the solution may also be RELENTS which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in New York Times).
Backs down crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EATSCROW | 50 % | 8 |
| RELENTS | 50 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Backs down
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- back down
- backdown
- shrink back
- backpedaled
- back away
- back off
- retreating
- back out
- backoff
- backpedaling
- fall back
- surrenders
Crossword Answer definitions
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EATSCROW
- Absorbs a humiliating defeat
- Admits defeat
- Swallows one's pride
- Admits a mistake, so to speak
- Admits a mistake
- Admits to being wrong
- Suffers humiliation
- Issues a mea culpa
- Admits one's error
- Admits one's mistake