The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word RECESSIVE
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More clues leading to the result RECESSIVE
- Concerned with Conservative case for being backward moving
- Going back to experience capturing Nazi forces
- On holiday the setter’s been far from dominant
- Tending to go backwards in crises, ever falling short unfortunately
- Tending to go back on holiday, I first vacated establishment
- Take a break — the setter’s going back
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The straight part
We know that "Tending to go backwards" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tending to go backwards = recessive.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RECESSIVE mean?
RECESSIVE noun- A gene that is recessive.
- Going back; receding.
- Able to be masked by a dominant allele or trait.
- (by extension) Not dominant; whose effect is masked by stronger effects.