Back Words

Sometimes you have to look backward to move forward.
A clever wordplay puzzle where key answers hide a secret: a word from the clue, spelled backward, is embedded within the solution.
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Across

  • 1A
    Guided, as an orchestra
  • 5A
    Have a spine
  • 6A
    Farm animals you might count when you want to see some z's?
  • 8A
    Most protracted, like a memory set in stone?
  • 10A
    A sense of style, or a sense of salt
  • 11A
    A bend in the road that might make a jogger run the other way?
  • 12A
    A major period in history

Down

  • 2D
    Canyon's comeback?
  • 3D
    Recordings on a Walkman that reveal their singular form when rewound?
  • 4D
    To glide across a rink and take a victory lap, perhaps?
  • 5D
    Commenced, as a new age in history
  • 6D
    Chalkboard material that can be wiped clean to tell a new tale?
  • 7D
    A log item, perhaps one detailing when rent is due?
  • 9D
    Cause a bit of a ruckus