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Escalator Segment Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is STEP which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: STEP

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199%4Exact Match!
230%8 Gives stability to an escalator
330%10 An escalator of values

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "STEP" which means:

    noun
  • • Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
  • • The distance covered by a step
  • • The act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
  • • Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
  • • Relative position in a graded series
  • • A short distance
  • • The sound of a step of someone walking
  • • A musical interval of two semitones
  • • A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
  • • A solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
  • • A sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
  • verb
  • • Shift or move by taking a step
  • • Put down or press the foot, place the foot
  • • Cause (a computer) to execute a single command
  • • Treat badly
  • • Furnish with steps
  • • Move with one's feet in a specific manner
  • • Walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
  • • Place (a ship's mast) in its step
  • • Measure (distances) by pacing
  • • Move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She took a step back to avoid the incoming car."
  • • "He climbed the steps to reach the top of the tower."

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Clue Last Found In...

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New York Times29 Apr 1996 Across 22
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