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Answer for the clue "Like a throwback ", 6 letters:
atavic

Word definitions for atavic in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"pertaining to a remote ancestor," 1866, from Latin atavus "ancestor" (see atavism ) + -ic .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. ancestral, atavistic

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Atavic \A*tav"ic\, a. [Cf. F. atavique.] Pertaining to a remote ancestor, or to atavism.