The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 2 plus 5 letter word BACK TO FRONT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result BACK TO FRONT
- Returning from military hospital, say, following the wrong order
- Revisiting war zone the wrong way round
- Given wrong order to rejoin colleagues in the trenches?
- Where soldiers may go after leave is the wrong way round
- Reversed with help near van
- In reverse, in the war, soldiers may have been sent here again
- Returning soldiers will go here the wrong way round
- Completely wrong way round
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "the wrong way round" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case the wrong way round = back to front.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.