__ over backwards (try hard)
The crossword clue "__ over backwards (try hard)" is answered by BEND, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2015. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
BEND
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEND answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2015. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BEND
Every other clue in this collection answered by BEND, most used first.
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- Be flexible - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Give a little - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Curve - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Show flexibility - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Crook - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- Road curve - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Curve in the road - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Compromise - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- River feature - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Stoop - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Yield - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Make a concession - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- "___ It Like Beckham" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Give in a little - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "___ It Like Beckham" (Keira Knightley soccer film) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Relax, as rules - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- ___ over backward - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Reach for your toes - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- South __, Indiana - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Make over - REDO, used 404 times
- All over again - ANEW, used 269 times
- Over again - ANEW, used 247 times
- Try out - TEST, used 242 times
- "Hey, over here!" - PSST, used 232 times
- Hard to find - RARE, used 196 times
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