Reversals are words that make another word when written in reverse. They are used in cryptic crossword clues with reversal indicators. Most reversal indicators can be applied to any clue. Some only work for down clues (e.g. heading north) and a few are limited to across clues (e.g. to the left). 

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Palindromes

Reversal indicators

about
about face
arise
ascend
back up
backfire
backing
bring back
bring over
bring up
capsize
climb
come up
contrary
comeback
​counter
ebb
echo
elevate
erect
fall over
flick
flip
from behind
from the east
from the right
get backing
go west
go wrong way
haul up
heading north
hold back

in decline
in hindsight
in recess
in retirement
in retrospect
in return
in revolt
in the mirror
invert
knock back
left to right
lift
looking back
lying back
mount
northbound
on reflection
on the contrary
on the rise
over
​overthrow
overturn
promote
pull over
put up
raise
reactionary
reared
rebound
recall
recede 

recession 
reflective
regress
reject
repel
​resurrect
retire
retreat
retro
retrograde
retrospective
return
reverse
review
revolutionary
right to left
rising
roll
rotate
roundabout
rouse
send back
send up
serve up
set up
setback
soaring
somersault
spin
stand up
swivel

take a turn​
​take over
take up
taken aback
​taken the wrong way
tip
tip over
to the left
turn
turn around
turn over
turn up
twirl round
up
upcoming
upend
upheld
uplift
uprising
upset
upside down
upstanding
upturned
upwardly mobile
used up
wheel
with hindsight
withdraw
write up
wrong direction
wrong way round

Word reversals

3 letters
are - era
bad - dab
ban - nab
bat - tab
bin - nib
bud - dub
bun - nub
bur - rub
dam - mad
dew - wed
dim - mid
dog - god
don - nod
duo - oud
eel - lee
gal - lag
gar - rag
gas - sag
gel - leg
gum - mug
gut - tug
lap - pal
mar - ram
may - yam
nap - pan
net - ten
new - wen
nip - pin
nit -  tin
not - ton
now - won
nut - tun
par - rap
pat - tap
pay - yap
pit - tip
pot - top
pus - sup
rat - tar
raw - war
saw - was
way - yaw

4 letters
abut - tuba
ajar - raja
avid - diva
bard - drab
bats - stab
bins - snib
brag - garb
buns - snub
buts - stub
deem - meed
deep - peed
deer - reed
dial - laid
doom - mood
door - rood
draw - ward
dray - yard
dual - laud
edit - tide
emit - time
ergo - ogre
eros - sore
evil - live
flog - golf
flow - wolf
gals- slag
gnat - tang
gnus - sung
gulp - plug
gums -smug
guns - snug

4 letters
​​keel - leek
keep - peek
knar - rank
leer - reel
liar - rail
loop - pool
loot - tool
maps - spam
meet - teem
moor - room
naps - span
nips - spin
nuts - stun
pals - slap
pans - snap
part - trap
paws - swap
pees - seep
pets - step
pins - snip
pots - stop
raps - spar
rats - star
saps - spas
spat - taps
spay - yaps
spit - tips
spot - tops
stew - wets
sway - yaws

5 letters
denim - mined
depot - toped
devil - lived
draws - sward
​evian - naive
fires - serif
keels - sleek
knaps - spank
knits - stink
lager - regal
leper - repel
lever - revel
loops - spool
loots - stool
mures - serum
nonet - tenon
pacer - recap
parts - strap
peels - sleep
pools - sloop
ports - strop
rebut - tuber
remit - timer
smart - trams
snaps - spans
snips - spins
spots - stops
straw - warts

6 letters
denier - reined
drawer - reward
pupils - slip-up
recaps - spacer
rennet - tenner
sloops - spools
snoops - spoons
sports - strops

7 letters
deliver - reviled
gateman - nametag

8 letters
desserts - stressed

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