Backs out, say Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Backs out, say” from the New York Times crossword of August 2, 2026? It has 8 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
NEW YORK TIMES, AUGUST 2, 2026
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REVERSES is the answer to “Backs out, say”. It means to turn or move in the opposite direction.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To turn or move in the opposite direction.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: ERSVSREE.
Hint 3 Another clue
It starts with R and ends with S.
More clues from the New York Times (August 2, 2026)
Across
- 1. Pen name3 letters, starts with BBIC
- 4. Garment whose name is a homophone for a board game4 letters, starts with SSARI
- 8. Keywords accompanying a YouTube video, say4 letters, starts with TTAGS
- 12. Bellyaches5 letters, starts with CCARPS
- 17. Listing of what's on tap4 letters, starts with MMENU
- 18. Story4 letters, starts with TTIER
- 19. It's right around the present4 letters, starts with WWRAP
- 20. Phone notifications6 letters, starts with AALERTS
- 22. "For our ad, how should we list the car that we found in the ditch?"14 letters, starts with OOFFROADVEHICLE
- 25. Massachusetts city named for a colonial patriot6 letters, starts with RREVERE
- 26. Like phone numbers in infomercials8 letters, starts with TTOLLFREE
- 27. Team players8 letters, starts with AATHLETES
- 29. Boggy place3 letters, starts with FFEN
- 30. Rightmost word on the front of a penny5 letters, starts with TTRUST
- 31. Their horns don't honk4 letters, starts with RRAMS
- 33. Kerfuffles4 letters, starts with AADOS
- 34. Moccasin decoration4 letters, starts with BBEAD
- 35. "Physics is like ___: Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it" (quote attributed to Richard Feynman)3 letters, starts with SSEX
- 36. Ankle part6 letters, starts with TTARSUS
- 39. "… and how do we add that it was just struck by lightning?"9 letters, starts with NNEWSHOCKS
- 41. "You will be ___"6 letters, starts with MMISSED
- 42. What's to be with Québec?4 letters, starts with EETRE
- 43. Focus of many a small private college4 letters, starts with AARTS
- 44. "… and that the tailpipe is dragging on the ground?"12 letters, starts with LLOWEMISSIONS
- 49. 19th-century school item5 letters, starts with SSLATE
- 51. Emulates Cicero6 letters, starts with OORATES
- 52. Food or water4 letters, starts with NNEED
- 54. Cover with a black rectangle, say6 letters, starts with RREDACT
- 58. Useful pointers?5 letters, starts with VVANES
- 59. Rascal5 letters, starts with SSCAMP
- 62. Tech models since 19985 letters, starts with IIMACS
- 65. Country with the all-time greatest number of medals at the Winter Olympics: Abbr.3 letters, starts with NNOR
- 66. Quickbeam and Leaflock, in fantasy4 letters, starts with EENTS
- 67. "… and what about the leaky roof?"11 letters, starts with BBUCKETSEATS
- 69. Point of intersection4 letters, starts with NNODE
- 70. "Here ___!"3 letters, starts with IIGO
- 71. Mideast language5 letters, starts with FFARSI
- 72. Surprising result5 letters, starts with UUPSET
- 73. Pretend5 letters, starts with FFEIGN
- 74. Achilles, e.g.6 letters, starts with TTENDON
- 76. Family nickname comparable to the Yiddish "bubbe"4 letters, starts with NNANA
- 78. Smooth, now6 letters, starts with IIRONED
- 79. Gains prominence5 letters, starts with RRISES
- 82. "… and the broken door locks?"12 letters, starts with KKEYLESSENTRY
- 86. "___ just in …"4 letters, starts with TTHIS
- 88. Big name in plastic4 letters, starts with VVISA
- 90. Rudimentary seeds6 letters, starts with OOVULES
- 91. "… and the defective speaker system?"9 letters, starts with QQUIETRIDE
- 93. Rudimentary6 letters, starts with PPRIMAL
- 94. Calling card, for short?3 letters, starts with SSIM
- 97. Safari destinations?4 letters, starts with UURLS
- 98. Drink in a red, white and blue cup4 letters, starts with IICEE
- 99. Donahue on TV Guide's list of "50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time"4 letters, starts with PPHIL
- 100. Yemeni neighbor5 letters, starts with OOMANI
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- 112. Capital of Zimbabwe6 letters, starts with HHARARE
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- 114. Like toms and drakes4 letters, starts with MMALE
- 115. State as fact4 letters, starts with AAVER
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- 118. SoCal sch.4 letters, starts with SSDSU
- 119. Pink part of a Mr. Potato Head set3 letters, starts with EEAR
Down
- 1. Caption below the first of two photos6 letters, starts with BBEFORE
- 2. Opposite of exodus6 letters, starts with IINFLUX
- 3. Dumbbell exercises5 letters, starts with CCURLS
- 4. Giant or dwarf4 letters, starts with SSTAR
- 5. ___-de-camp4 letters, starts with AAIDE
- 6. Backs out, say8 letters, starts with RREVERSES
- 7. Indignation3 letters, starts with IIRE
- 8. Ninnies5 letters, starts with TTWITS
- 9. What someone flat-footed lacks4 letters, starts with AARCH
- 10. Like an honorable knight7 letters, starts with GGALLANT
- 11. They might be on one's radar8 letters, starts with SSPEEDERS
- 12. Pet6 letters, starts with CCARESS
- 13. Porters, for example4 letters, starts with AALES
- 14. Race prior to a race?3 letters, starts with RREV
- 15. Fifth-year student leader at Hogwarts7 letters, starts with PPREFECT
- 16. Barely runs?7 letters, starts with SSTREAKS
- 17. Fruit snack brand5 letters, starts with MMOTTS
- 21. Excites5 letters, starts with SSENDS
- 23. Again and again, in verse8 letters, starts with OOFTTIMES
- 24. Over-the-top performers4 letters, starts with HHAMS
- 28. Item on a rack5 letters, starts with TTOWEL
- 32. Mercedes alternative4 letters, starts with AAUDI
- 34. Idly doodling, maybe5 letters, starts with BBORED
- 37. How the car in this puzzle's theme would be sold4 letters, starts with AASIS
- 38. Blog feed letters3 letters, starts with RRSS
- 40. Disrelishes and then some5 letters, starts with HHATES
- 41. Hands (out)5 letters, starts with MMETES
- 42. Linguistic suffix3 letters, starts with EESE
- 44. "Fabulous!"6 letters, starts with LLOVEIT
- 45. It has a rind but supposedly no rhyme6 letters, starts with OORANGE
- 46. Deliberately malicious6 letters, starts with WWANTON
- 47. Opposite of "You'll pay for that!"?4 letters, starts with OONME
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- 50. Long stories have them4 letters, starts with AARCS
- 53. Runs out of gas4 letters, starts with DDIES
- 55. Divinely elect6 letters, starts with AANOINT
- 56. Old yeller?6 letters, starts with CCODGER
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- 78. Madonna's "La ___ Bonita"4 letters, starts with IISLA
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- 81. Planned detour8 letters, starts with SSIDETRIP
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- 84. Horror franchise that includes 1992's "Army of Darkness"8 letters, starts with EEVILDEAD
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- 94. What wets the appetite?6 letters, starts with SSALIVA
- 95. "The idea!"6 letters, starts with IINEVER
- 96. Penny pincher5 letters, starts with MMISER
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- 101. Jazz singer Carmen5 letters, starts with MMCRAE
- 103. Part of a plot, at times4 letters, starts with AACRE
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- 106. Once-common fish in the Thames4 letters, starts with EEELS
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- 109. Smidgen3 letters, starts with TTAD
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Questions
What is the answer to “Backs out, say”?
REVERSES, 8 letters: to turn or move in the opposite direction.
When was “Backs out, say” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of August 2, 2026.
How many letters does the answer have?
8 letters, starting with R.