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Answer for the clue "Unawares ", 5 letters:
aback

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adv: having the wind against the forward side of the sails; "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback" by surprise; "taken aback by the caustic remarks"

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Aback \A*back"\ ([.a]*b[a^]k"), adv. [Pref. a- + back; AS. on b[ae]c at, on, or toward the back. See Back .] Toward the back or rear; backward. ``Therewith aback she started.'' --Chaucer. Behind; in the rear. --Knolles. (Naut.) Backward against ...

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