Moving Steps Close With A Rat About Crossword Clue

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Updated: August 19, 2024

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	99%	9		Exact Match!
	noun • a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index) • a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
	35%	10		Moving crates, also moving steps
	noun • a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index) • a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
	32%	8		Closely related to the rice rat and hispid cotton rat
	noun • American cotton rats

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