Answer: aback

AnswerCrossword Clue
ABACKTaken -- (surprised)
ABACKTaken ....
ABACKFlattened, as sails against the mast.
ABACKTake ... (give pause).
ABACKTaken ... (surprised and disconcerted).
ABACKTaken ... (disconcerted).
ABACKTaken ... (surprised).
ABACKSurprised (with "taken").
ABACKTaken ... (startled).
ABACKTaken ...
ABACKTake ... (nonplus)
ABACKTo the rear
ABACKTaken ... (disconcerted)
ABACKTaken .... (surprised)
ABACKTaken -- (caught by surprise)
ABACKBackward.
ABACKTaken -- (caught unawares)
ABACKTaken ..... (surprised)
ABACKSurprised (with "taken")
ABACKWay to be taken
ABACKTaken ... (given a turn)
ABACKTaken ...: surprised
ABACKWhere the offended are taken?
ABACKTaken ... (caught by surprise)
ABACKSurprising way to be taken
ABACKWhere one is surprisingly taken?
ABACKRearward
ABACKHow the surprised may be taken
ABACKHow the surprised are taken
abackdisconcerted
ABACKTaken ... (caught unawares)
ABACKHow one may be taken
ABACKTaken .. (startled)
ABACKBad way to be taken
ABACKUnawares
ABACKOff-guard
ABACKOne way to be taken
ABACKAft
ABACKTaken ..: shocked
ABACKTaken ..: startled