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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.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

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

Down

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

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