The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ATAVISM which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1964.
Reversion to remote ancestry crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ATAVISM | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Reversion to remote ancestry
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- atavism
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- race
- trace
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- atavic
- atavus
Crossword Answer definitions
ATAVISM noun- The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence.
- The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence.
- Reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence.
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