Answer:

aback

Answer	Crossword Clue
ABACK	By surprise
ABACK	How one may be taken
ABACK	Taken .. (startled)

ABACK	Bad way to be taken
ABACK	Unawares
ABACK	Off-guard
ABACK	One way to be taken
ABACK	Aft
ABACK	Taken ..: shocked
ABACK	Taken ..: startled
ABACK	Taken ..: surprised

ABACK	Surprised way to be taken
ABACK	Taken ..: disconcerted
ABACK	Taken ... (surprised)
ABACK	One way to be taken?
ABACK	Taken ... (caught unawares)
ABACK	Off guard
ABACK	Taken ... (shocked)
ABACK	Stunned way to be taken

ABACK	Startling way to be taken
ABACK	Taken ..
ABACK	How some are taken
ABACK	Taken .. (surprised)
ABACK	How some may be taken
ABACK	Taken .. (stunned)
ABACK	Take .. (disconcert)
ABACK	Surprisingly

ABACK	Taken ... (startled)
ABACK	Sternward
ABACK	One way to get taken
ABACK	Backward.
ABACK	Taken ....
ABACK	Flattened, as sails against the mast.
ABACK	Take ... (give pause).
ABACK	Taken ... (surprised and disconcerted).

ABACK	Taken ... (disconcerted).
ABACK	Taken ... (surprised).
ABACK	Surprised (with "taken").
ABACK	Taken ... (startled).
ABACK	Taken ...