Reverse, e.g. — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the January 22 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
GEAR
4 letters
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Where this clue appears
January 22 2026
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword January 22 2026
GEAR
Car part that may be shifted into "neutral" or "reverse"
GEAR
4
First or reverse, in a car
GEAR
4
First, second, or reverse, in a car
GEAR
4
Shifting car part
GEAR
4
Camping ___ (equipment)
GEAR
4
Shifting car part
GEAR
4
Setting for a bicycle race?
GEAR
4
Shifting car part
GEAR
4
Car part that may be "shifted"
GEAR
4
Car part that may be "shifted"
GEAR
4
Equipment for camping, say
GEAR
4
Toothed machine component
GEAR
4
"No ___, ands, or buts!"
IFS
3
Location for a luxurious massage
SPA
3
___ Fridays (restaurant chain): Abbr.
TGI
3
Decompose, as food
ROT
3
Fireplace wood
LOG
3
Black chimney dust (rhymes with "foot")
SOOT
4
Tofu source
SOY
3
On the summit of
ATOP
4
___ one's own horn (boast about yourself)
TOOT
4
Braying beast
ASS
3
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