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A step up ... or down

Last seen in Universal Crossword October 30, 2021 Answers

Our crossword solver found 168 potential answers for the clue "A step up ... or down", which appeared in the Universal Crossword crossword on October 30, 2021. The answer most likely to be correct is STAIR, a 5-letter solution matching at 99%. This confidence score is based on historical data from thousands of published puzzles.

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168 Other Potential Answers

99%
STAIR
A step up ... or down
Universal Crossword · Oct 30, 2021
50%
RUNG
Step up or down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 20, 2026
8%
LANDS
Touches down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 24, 2026
8%
HEWN
Chopped down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 10, 2026
8%
SOBS
Breaks down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 4, 2026
8%
BLEWON
Tried to cool down, as hot soup
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 1, 2026
8%
SMITE
Strike down, biblically
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 30, 2026
8%
SNARFS
Gobbles (down)
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2026
8%
TALKSSENSE
Brings the temperature down, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 15, 2026
8%
PARED
Trimmed (down)
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 15, 2026
8%
DENY
Turn down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 10, 2026
8%
PARES
Cuts (down)
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 10, 2026
8%
SADFACE
Emoji from one who's down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 6, 2026
8%
ABASE
Take down a peg
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 6, 2026
8%
WHITTLES
Shaves (down)
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 2, 2026
8%
SCOFFAT
Look down upon
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 1, 2026
8%
ONONE
Get down __ knee
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 28, 2026
8%
STRIKEOUT
Go down swinging, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 25, 2026
8%
LAND
Touch down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 24, 2026
8%
ATEUP
Gobbled down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 13, 2026
8%
POWERTUMBLE
Perform dramatic flips down a sprung track
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 6, 2026
8%
ENDS
Winds down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 5, 2026
8%
UNDO
Go back a step
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 2, 2026
8%
RARE
Hard to track down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 30, 2026
8%
WOLFS
Gobbles (down)
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 28, 2026
8%
USAIN
Bolt down the track?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 21, 2026
8%
USHES
Walks down the aisle, casually
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 13, 2026
8%
SAT
Plopped down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 10, 2026
8%
PLUNK
Plop (down)
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 24, 2026
8%
HALT
"Not one more step!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 24, 2026
8%
DEMO
First step of a home reno
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 18, 2026
8%
SLAYING
Bringing down the house
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 17, 2026
8%
TONE
"__ it down!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 14, 2026
8%
TANK
Go down
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 10, 2026
8%
ONME
Statement after putting down a card
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 9, 2026
8%
LEGO
Brick that's painful to step on
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 4, 2026
8%
GUT
Tear down to the studs
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 30, 2026
8%
YELLOW
"Slow down" light color
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 26, 2026
8%
DIS
Put down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 26, 2026
8%
PEP
__ in one's step
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 19, 2026
8%
ELUSIVE
Hard to pin down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 18, 2026
8%
ONSALE
Marked down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 16, 2026
8%
BRAKE
Slow down in "Mario Kart"
Universal Crossword · Apr 13, 2026
8%
ABRADES
Wears down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 12, 2026
8%
LAZES
Holds down the couch
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 11, 2026
8%
PARSE
Break down while reading?
Universal Crossword · Apr 10, 2026
8%
ORAL
Not written down, as a contract
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 7, 2026
8%
SAD
Feeling down
Universal Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
8%
MAN
"That's one small step for (a) ___"
Universal Crossword · Mar 28, 2026
8%
DEEP
Far down
Universal Crossword · Mar 28, 2026
8%
DIM
Turn down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 27, 2026
8%
ERODE
Wear down
Universal Crossword · Mar 25, 2026
8%
SHH
"Pipe down!"
Universal Crossword · Mar 24, 2026
8%
RBG
SCOTUS justice who said, "Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 20, 2026
8%
ETA
"Wheels down" hr.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 4, 2026
8%
LOSTSPEED
Slowed down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 1, 2026
8%
SINK
Go down
Universal Crossword · Feb 28, 2026
8%
JOT
Take (down)
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 28, 2026
8%
WEDS
Settles down, in a way
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 27, 2026
8%
NOTCH
"Let's maybe take it down a __ or two"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 20, 2026
8%
WHOA
"Slow down!"
Universal Crossword · Feb 17, 2026
8%
ALIT
Fluttered down to the ground
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 9, 2026
8%
ATE
Wolfed down
Universal Crossword · Feb 8, 2026
8%
FELL
Went down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 6, 2026
8%
EAT
Chow down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 5, 2026
8%
EASY
"Slow down!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 27, 2026
8%
MIRE
Bog down
Universal Crossword · Jan 23, 2026
8%
DENT
First step, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 22, 2026
8%
RENDER
Melt down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 17, 2026
8%
KNELT
Got down to a toddler's level, say
Universal Crossword · Jan 16, 2026
8%
SLEETED
Came down hard?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 14, 2026
8%
SMOTE
Struck down, biblically
Universal Crossword · Jan 10, 2026
8%
HELL
Land down under?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 10, 2026
8%
SLOW
Word before "down" or "dance"
Universal Crossword · Jan 8, 2026
8%
NOTATE
Jot down, in music
Universal Crossword · Jan 7, 2026
8%
SETTLES
Puts down roots
Universal Crossword · Jan 3, 2026
8%
SITS
Plops down
Universal Crossword · Jan 3, 2026
8%
COOLIT
"Simmer down!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 3, 2026
8%
SOLAR
With 9-Down, power whose source goes down regularly
Universal Crossword · Jan 2, 2026
8%
BRB
"Putting my phone down a sec"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 1, 2026
8%
WELLTRAVELED
Mission: Ride a bucket down to an aquifer. Status: ___
Universal Crossword · Dec 30, 2025
8%
VERB
"Up" or "down," at times
Universal Crossword · Dec 30, 2025
8%
SLOTH
Animal that may sleep upside down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 30, 2025
8%
SLAIN
Taken down, as a dragon
Universal Crossword · Dec 28, 2025
8%
LAID
Placed down
Universal Crossword · Dec 27, 2025
8%
SOAK
Water down, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 26, 2025
8%
GRINDITOUT
Put one's head down and get the work done
Universal Crossword · Dec 21, 2025
8%
HERONS
Wading birds with powder down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 20, 2025
8%
TIMBERLINE
"Pencils down!," for one?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 19, 2025
8%
IDEA
Innovator's first step
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 17, 2025
8%
ATOMBYATOM
*One minuscule step at a time
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 11, 2025
8%
SANK
Went down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 7, 2025
8%
PARE
Trim (down)
Universal Crossword · Dec 6, 2025
8%
POWERSOFF
Shuts down
Universal Crossword · Dec 6, 2025
8%
PARKIT
"Sit down!"
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2025
8%
SNARF
Gobble (down)
Universal Crossword · Nov 28, 2025
8%
TALKTURKEY
Get down to brass tacks
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 24, 2025
8%
SASHAYED
Strutted down a catwalk
Universal Crossword · Nov 23, 2025
8%
DROOPS
Turns down?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 23, 2025
8%
SLIMS
Loses weight, with "down"
Universal Crossword · Nov 19, 2025
8%
SWAMPIEST
Most bogged down?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 19, 2025
8%
TIEUP
Bog down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 19, 2025
8%
CANWEDIALITBACK
"Let's turn down the intensity, yeah?"
Universal Crossword · Nov 16, 2025
8%
SHOVEL
Tool for getting down and dirty?
Universal Crossword · Nov 13, 2025
8%
ZIPYOURLIP
"Pipe down!"
Universal Crossword · Nov 12, 2025
8%
PARSED
Broke down, as a sentence
Universal Crossword · Nov 11, 2025
8%
ENDED
Shut down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 11, 2025
8%
FRISK
Pat down at a security checkpoint
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 10, 2025
8%
MARCHED
Moved in step
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 9, 2025
8%
TONED
Softened, with "down"
Universal Crossword · Oct 28, 2025
8%
HEWS
Chops down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 26, 2025
8%
STIR
Recipe step
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 14, 2025
8%
TAMP
Pack (down)
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 13, 2025
8%
CUTTHESMALLTALK
Get down to business, or what the starred clues' answers do?
Universal Crossword · Oct 8, 2025
8%
KNEE
Get down on one ___
Universal Crossword · Oct 5, 2025
8%
LETUP
Slow down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 4, 2025
8%
PAVES
Puts down routes?
Universal Crossword · Oct 3, 2025
1%
HOTELEVANGELISM
*Spreading the gospel of continental breakfast, turndown service, and free Wi-Fi?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 24, 2026
1%
APP
Android download
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 11, 2026
1%
ITSSAD
"What a downer"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2026
1%
PACED
Retraced one's steps, in a way
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 5, 2026
1%
UPS
__ and downs
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 23, 2026
1%
DUELS
Old-fashioned showdowns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 17, 2026
1%
IRATEIRATE
"My job is ranking people on a scale of 'miffed' to 'downright furious'"?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2026
1%
TEN
First number in many countdowns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 15, 2026
1%
PHOTO
Getty Images download
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 26, 2026
1%
EXURB
Area far from downtown
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 23, 2026
1%
LORE
Passed-down tales
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 9, 2026
1%
ACTIONITEMS
Agreed-upon next steps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 6, 2026
1%
NAY
Thumbs-down vote
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 24, 2026
1%
APPGAME
Google Play download
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 16, 2026
1%
EBOOK
Kindle download
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 4, 2026
1%
INI
"Here Comes the Hotstepper" singer Kamoze
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 19, 2026
1%
RAINEDOUT
Like a watered-down event?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 18, 2026
1%
DEADWRINGER
Broken-down washing machine?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 10, 2026
1%
INFO
Lowdown
Universal Crossword · Apr 9, 2026
1%
ONE
Last number in a New Year's Eve countdown
Universal Crossword · Apr 2, 2026
1%
FLAMENCO
Spanish steps?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 21, 2026
1%
RANGE
Asset for Mariah Carey or a rural landowner
Universal Crossword · Mar 13, 2026
1%
LOWER
Move downward
Universal Crossword · Mar 11, 2026
1%
IOSAPP
Apple download
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 11, 2026
1%
SKILESSON
Situation that inevitably goes downhill?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 8, 2026
1%
NUBS
Worn-down pencils
Universal Crossword · Mar 5, 2026
1%
SKIRTTHEISSUE
*Gently sidestep an awkward question
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 2, 2026
1%
SEEDY
Run-down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 27, 2026
1%
USERS
App downloaders
Universal Crossword · Feb 24, 2026
1%
ETHAN
Actor Hawke of "The Lowdown"
Universal Crossword · Feb 21, 2026
1%
ENDUSER
App downloader
Universal Crossword · Feb 16, 2026
1%
SPANISH
"Nationality" of a famed set of Italian steps
Universal Crossword · Feb 12, 2026
1%
EATS
Sups or downs
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 10, 2026
1%
SLED
It goes downhill fast
Universal Crossword · Feb 5, 2026
1%
RECAP
Touchdown rundown, say
Universal Crossword · Jan 19, 2026
1%
THIRDSTRIKE
Walkout, slowdown, [picketing], sit-in
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 16, 2026
1%
TROD
Took heavy steps, perhaps
Universal Crossword · Jan 1, 2026
1%
OFFS
Face-___ (showdowns)
Universal Crossword · Dec 27, 2025
1%
TANGO
Dance with figure-eight steps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 25, 2025
1%
USER
App downloader
Universal Crossword · Dec 22, 2025
1%
SLIP
Minor misstep
Universal Crossword · Dec 19, 2025
1%
MENU
Drop-down list
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 15, 2025
1%
NEAR
On one's doorstep
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 23, 2025
1%
AGEONE
Timing of many first steps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 19, 2025
1%
SKICLUB
Group that's going downhill?
Universal Crossword · Nov 12, 2025
1%
ICANT
Terse turndown
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 4, 2025
1%
SIB
Bro or stepbro
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 19, 2025
1%
ISTHATANO
"So ... thumbs-down on this one?"
Universal Crossword · Oct 18, 2025
1%
SKISLOPES
Run-down areas?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 16, 2025
1%
STRIDE
Walk with long steps
Universal Crossword · Oct 12, 2025
1%
IVEPEAKED
"Welp, it's all downhill from here"
Universal Crossword · Oct 11, 2025

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How many possible solutions does "A step up ... or down" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 168 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is STAIR (5 letters).
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The best answer for "A step up ... or down" is STAIR with 5 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
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