Crossword

[lovewilson9]

pick me up magazine

7down

in an excellent way

-g-y/well

think I've gone wrong somewhere

thanks

[elliemay1]

very??

[lovewilson9]

I thought that was it, but the word across ends in "ing", so that makes the letter G become an e
Thanks anyway

[elliemay1]

What is the clue for the word across?

[lovewilson9]

"backward-looking", so I put retrospecting because that is the correct tense

thanks

[Mamyalynne]

Retrospective

[elliemay1]

retrospective

[Mamyalynne]

retrospective
rɛtrə(ʊ)ˈspɛktɪv/Submit
adjective
1.
looking back on or dealing with past events or situations.

[elliemay1]

backward-looking and retrospective are both adjectives.

[elliemay1]

Don't think that 'retrospecting 'is a word

[lovewilson9]

thankyou, obviously it's correct, but the tense put me off

[fiction-factory]

It's always worth looking in the Crosswords topic first, lovewilson9.
Very well was answered there
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1427070.html