Crossword Puzzle Drop back?

Clue: Drop back?

Drop back to pass (FADE with 4 letters)
Back drop? (e.g. FBLE with 4 letters)
Drops back (e.g. EBBS with 4 letters)
Dropped back after a promising start (FADED with 5 letters)
Back drops? (SPINAL with 6 letters)
Drop back (e.g. EBB with 3 letters)
Magazine that dropped "Reader" from its name and then put it back a few years later (UTNE with 4 letters)
Back talk (e.g. ECHO with 4 letters)
Swing back and forth (SWAY with 4 letters)
Canal backed by DeWitt Clinton (ERIE with 4 letters)