___ over backward Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “___ over backward” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of July 5, 2026? It has 4 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
WASHINGTON POST SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2026
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BEND is the answer to “___ over backward”. It means to curve.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To curve.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: EBDN.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “___ the knee (submit to a dominant ruler)”.
More clues from the Washington Post Sunday (July 5, 2026)
Across
- 1. Little lie3 letters, starts with FFIB
- 4. Level and smooth4 letters, starts with FFLAT
- 8. Currency in Asahikawa3 letters, starts with YYEN
- 11. Make finer, as flour4 letters, starts with SSIFT
- 15. Like kids and kits5 letters, starts with YYOUNG
- 20. Burning anger3 letters, starts with IIRE
- 21. Coolio performances4 letters, starts with RRAPS
- 22. "Interlock" playwright Levin3 letters, starts with IIRA
- 23. It's a symbol of Noel4 letters, starts with TTREE
- 24. Earthy pigment5 letters, starts with OOCHER
- 25. Ride to a boxing event?3 letters, starts with VVAN
- 26. "That's a gray ___"4 letters, starts with AAREA
- 27. 2, 4, 6, 8, etc.: Abbr.3 letters, starts with NNOS
- 28. Edges of craters4 letters, starts with RRIMS
- 29. Errand runner5 letters, starts with GGOFER
- 30. Conclusion6 letters, starts with EENDING
- 32. Gaucho's lasso5 letters, starts with RREATA
- 34. Working together7 letters, starts with AASATEAM
- 36. Distort, as poll findings4 letters, starts with SSKEW
- 38. Vader, as a kid3 letters, starts with AANI
- 39. Ndamukong who played defensive tackle3 letters, starts with SSUH
- 40. Shells out, as cash6 letters, starts with SSPENDS
- 44. "And there you have it!"4 letters, starts with TTADA
- 47. Firm salary limits8 letters, starts with HHARDCAPS
- 50. Manes for Danes, e.g.4 letters, starts with TTYPO
- 52. "Ooh, that smarts!"3 letters, starts with YYOW
- 53. Egg-shaped5 letters, starts with OOVOID
- 55. "I'm ___ human"4 letters, starts with OONLY
- 56. ___ Vegas3 letters, starts with LLAS
- 57. Roosters?4 letters, starts with HHENS
- 58. Mud stain-removing alternative to All3 letters, starts with EERA
- 59. Most rambunctious8 letters, starts with RROWDIEST
- 61. Bohr model particle4 letters, starts with AATOM
- 63. Mediterranean or Ionian body of water3 letters, starts with SSEA
- 64. Bother greatly5 letters, starts with EEATAT
- 66. Cozy vacation locale3 letters, starts with IINN
- 67. Mining target3 letters, starts with OORE
- 68. Peeved mood4 letters, starts with SSNIT
- 69. Emcee's device, briefly3 letters, starts with MMIC
- 70. Hee-hawing beast3 letters, starts with AASS
- 71. Man who pardoned Nixon4 letters, starts with FFORD
- 73. Finalize, as a contract4 letters, starts with SSIGN
- 74. Weak-willed person6 letters, starts with WWETRAG
- 76. Big event for seniors4 letters, starts with PPROM
- 80. Better safe ___ sorry4 letters, starts with TTHAN
- 82. Ilhan elected in 20184 letters, starts with OOMAR
- 84. Pick up, as audio cues4 letters, starts with HHEAR
- 86. "___ done my part"3 letters, starts with IIVE
- 87. Ninth of 24 in Heraklion4 letters, starts with IIOTA
- 88. Napoleon, for Jon, in a 2004 film4 letters, starts with RROLE
- 89. One of two in a postal abbreviation (which you must find many, many times to solve the meta)13 letters, starts with CCAPITALLETTER
- 92. 23-Across anchor4 letters, starts with RROOT
- 93. Societal woes4 letters, starts with IILLS
- 94. Recipe amt.3 letters, starts with TTSP
- 95. Getting the job done4 letters, starts with AATIT
- 96. Costa ___4 letters, starts with RRICA
- 97. "That makes sense"4 letters, starts with IISEE
- 98. Rat or brat, e.g.4 letters, starts with PPEST
- 99. "Do unto ___ ..."6 letters, starts with OOTHERS
- 101. Noted singer Clapton4 letters, starts with EERIC
- 103. Number of Dvorak symphonies4 letters, starts with NNINE
- 105. Bobby of hockey fame3 letters, starts with OORR
- 107. Hosp. hookups3 letters, starts with IIVS
- 108. Oft-dunked Hydrox rival4 letters, starts with OOREO
- 109. Studio with a lion logo3 letters, starts with MMGM
- 110. Second-banana pols3 letters, starts with VVPS
- 113. Complaint5 letters, starts with GGRIPE
- 116. "Roses ___ red ..."3 letters, starts with AARE
- 117. [That blew my mind!]4 letters, starts with GGASP
- 118. Jammed signals?8 letters, starts with BBEEPBEEP
- 120. Astronaut's approval3 letters, starts with AAOK
- 121. Lo-cal4 letters, starts with LLITE
- 123. Neither this ___ that3 letters, starts with NNOR
- 124. Soother in Dermalogica products4 letters, starts with AALOE
- 126. Powered by the sun5 letters, starts with SSOLAR
- 127. "Tamerlane" poet3 letters, starts with PPOE
- 128. Ideologies4 letters, starts with IISMS
- 129. Fortified structures8 letters, starts with BBASTIONS
- 131. "Just doing my best"4 letters, starts with IITRY
- 132. Has an ice time?6 letters, starts with SSKATES
- 134. Compadre3 letters, starts with PPAL
- 135. Noah's refuge3 letters, starts with AARK
- 136. Subj. about inflation4 letters, starts with EECON
- 139. Sources of estrogen7 letters, starts with OOVARIES
- 142. Drop in on temporarily5 letters, starts with VVISIT
- 144. Negotiate over a price6 letters, starts with HHAGGLE
- 148. Join the highway traffic5 letters, starts with MMERGE
- 151. "It ___ rocket science"4 letters, starts with IISNT
- 152. German pronoun3 letters, starts with IICH
- 153. Praiseful poems4 letters, starts with OODES
- 155. Zero in a soccer game3 letters, starts with NNIL
- 156. Uma Thurman was once nominated for one5 letters, starts with OOSCAR
- 157. Vintage film actress Turner4 letters, starts with LLANA
- 158. "Very interesting! And now what do we have?"3 letters, starts with OOHO
- 159. Win by a ___ (edge out at an Ascot race, say)4 letters, starts with NNOSE
- 160. "Lemme think ..."3 letters, starts with UUMM
- 161. What "check" means in Vegas5 letters, starts with IIPASS
- 162. Decorative pitcher4 letters, starts with EEWER
- 163. Where gloss is applied3 letters, starts with LLIP
- 164. Woodland fantasy beings who battled at Isengard4 letters, starts with EENTS
- 165. "We're sinking! You have to save us!"3 letters, starts with SSOS
Down
- 1. Abraham Lincoln's bill4 letters, starts with FFIVE
- 2. Ayatollah Khamenei's home country4 letters, starts with IIRAN
- 3. ___ over backward4 letters, starts with BBEND
- 4. "Apostrophe (')" rocker Zappa5 letters, starts with FFRANK
- 5. Mammoth in size5 letters, starts with LLARGE
- 6. Gorilla, e.g.3 letters, starts with AAPE
- 7. Autocrat in Russia, once4 letters, starts with TTSAR
- 8. Chinese philosophy duo10 letters, starts with YYINANDYANG
- 9. Like sex scenes6 letters, starts with EEROTIC
- 10. Curiosity and Opportunity launcher4 letters, starts with NNASA
- 11. Levi of jeans fame7 letters, starts with SSTRAUSS
- 12. Citizens of Tralee5 letters, starts with IIRISH
- 13. Disaster aid org. with Emergency in its acronym4 letters, starts with FFEMA
- 14. Final in Latin class, e.g.4 letters, starts with TTEST
- 15. Guru's Ashtanga asanas, e.g.9 letters, starts with YYOGAPOSES
- 16. Carol starter5 letters, starts with OOCOME
- 17. Humorous film that describes a television station job like this: "It's just like working in a fish market, except you don't have to clean and gut fish all day"3 letters, starts with UUHF
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- 19. Mad dog's warning3 letters, starts with GGRR
- 31. "To reiterate ..."5 letters, starts with IISAID
- 33. British noble's title4 letters, starts with EEARL
- 35. It may air Angels games4 letters, starts with EESPN
- 37. "___ fault is that?"5 letters, starts with WWHOSE
- 39. Junk mail messages4 letters, starts with SSPAM
- 41. Russian refusal4 letters, starts with NNYET
- 42. Kids' show explorer who yells, "Swiper, no swiping!"4 letters, starts with DDORA
- 43. Knock out of the park, as a Yankee might4 letters, starts with SSWAT
- 44. "Lust" singer Amos4 letters, starts with TTORI
- 45. Maker of Eve perfumes4 letters, starts with AAVON
- 46. Results of power failures?9 letters, starts with DDOWNFALLS
- 48. Six-legged farm creature3 letters, starts with AANT
- 49. Constantly4 letters, starts with AALOT
- 50. 1990s animated show about a film reviewer9 letters, starts with TTHECRITIC
- 51. Politician's positive vote3 letters, starts with YYEA
- 54. Christian in fashion4 letters, starts with DDIOR
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- 62. Soldiers' helmets, informally7 letters, starts with TTINHATS
- 63. Pull up a chair3 letters, starts with SSIT
- 65. Pain-reducing drug7 letters, starts with AASPIRIN
- 68. Apple device speaker4 letters, starts with SSIRI
- 69. ___ mortals4 letters, starts with MMERE
- 70. 14 to 18, for typical high-schoolers8 letters, starts with AAGERANGE
- 72. Like a flight with a single layover7 letters, starts with OONESTOP
- 73. September birthstones9 letters, starts with SSAPPHIRES
- 74. Barbara who conducted many interviews7 letters, starts with WWALTERS
- 75. With, en français4 letters, starts with AAVEC
- 77. Major world leader profiled in Schlesinger biographies9 letters, starts with RROOSEVELT
- 78. Midwest members of the Owl clan4 letters, starts with OOTOE
- 79. Melbourne or Toowoomba resident's good friend4 letters, starts with MMATE
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- 83. Vessel pole4 letters, starts with MMAST
- 85. Yale student3 letters, starts with EELI
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- 102. Business that involves fixing prices?10 letters, starts with RREPAIRSHOP
- 104. Little rapscallions4 letters, starts with IIMPS
- 106. Pitching staff members9 letters, starts with RRELIEVERS
- 108. Crew's rowing items4 letters, starts with OOARS
- 109. 1980s attorney general5 letters, starts with MMEESE
- 111. Fruit cup fruit4 letters, starts with PPEAR
- 112. Like a nimble senior4 letters, starts with SSPRY
- 113. Breaks in continuity4 letters, starts with GGAPS
- 114. One of Kasparov's corner pieces4 letters, starts with RROOK
- 115. Outlet with Rönninge chairs4 letters, starts with IIKEA
- 116. Banking device that shows your balance3 letters, starts with AATM
- 117. Point for the Avalanche, say4 letters, starts with GGOAL
- 118. "___ appétit!"3 letters, starts with BBON
- 119. Spring sound5 letters, starts with BBOING
- 122. Rae of "Insecure"4 letters, starts with IISSA
- 123. Steph Curry, e.g.7 letters, starts with NNBASTAR
- 125. Trickster of Norse myth4 letters, starts with LLOKI
- 130. Chen-style discipline, perhaps6 letters, starts with TTAICHI
- 133. Frat party wraps5 letters, starts with TTOGAS
- 134. Tubular pasta5 letters, starts with PPENNE
- 137. Treasure map's X, often5 letters, starts with CCHEST
- 138. Desert havens5 letters, starts with OOASES
- 140. Aggravate4 letters, starts with RRILE
- 141. "Yup, noticed that"4 letters, starts with IISAW
- 142. Bowed instrument of the 17th century4 letters, starts with VVIOL
- 143. Voicemail prompt4 letters, starts with TTONE
- 145. Bearded antelopes4 letters, starts with GGNUS
- 146. 76 Across ride4 letters, starts with LLIMO
- 147. "Slippery" shaders4 letters, starts with EELMS
- 148. "Excusez-___!"3 letters, starts with MMOI
- 149. Second sight, briefly3 letters, starts with EESP
- 150. Brand of speakers3 letters, starts with RRCA
- 154. Put on, as clothes3 letters, starts with DDON
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Questions
What is the answer to “___ over backward”?
BEND, 4 letters: to curve.
When was “___ over backward” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of July 5, 2026.
How many letters does the answer have?
4 letters, starting with B.