Backwards family with sheep triggered the space race — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 7–letter crossword clue “Backwards family with sheep triggered the space race”? This page covers its appearance in Guardian Cryptic on 13th May 2014. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “Backwards family with sheep triggered the space race” is SPUTNIK (7 letters).
We last saw “Backwards family with sheep triggered the space race” in Guardian Cryptic on 13th May 2014.
The 7-letter answer for “Backwards family with sheep triggered the space race” is SPUTNIK.
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