Clues for the word "STEP"
We've had 625 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1998 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on July 23, 2026.
Definition of step
- a. - To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
- a. - To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.
- a. - To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
- a. - Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.
- v. t. - To set, as the foot.
- v. t. - To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
- v. i. - An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.
- v. i. - A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder.
- v. i. - The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running; as, one step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less. Used also figuratively of any kind of progress; as, he improved step by step, or by steps.
- v. i. - A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.
- v. i. - A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
- v. i. - Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step.
- v. i. - Proceeding; measure; action; an act.
- v. i. - Walk; passage.
- v. i. - A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
- v. i. - In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
- v. i. - One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
- v. i. - A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
- v. i. - The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.
- v. i. - A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
Referring Clues
- Escalator part
- Procedure part
- Gait
- Footfall
- Put one's foot down
- Dance lesson
- Recipe part
- Dance instruction
- Kind of aerobics
- Part of a process
- Part of an aerobics exercise
- Small progress
- Short distance
- Dance bit
- Exercise routine bit
- Stage
- Big first for a baby
- Measure
- Dance instructor's call
- Rung
- ___ aerobics
- Two-___ (ballroom dance)
- Stair part
- Choreography move
- Aerobic bit
- Bit of instruction
- Aerobics class order
- Stair unit
- Aerobics action
- Escalate, with "up"
- Dance unit
- Flight segment
- Degree in music
- With 34-Down, procedure starter
- Dance instructor's instruction
- Measure to take
- Help on the way up
- Part of instructions
- Put one's foot down?
- Going together, after "in"
- Initiative
- Tread
- Bit of choreography
- Cry repeated in aerobics class
- Aerobic instructor's word
- "___ lively!"
- One of 12 at Alcoholics Anonymous
- Way down
- One foot forward
- Ladder rung
- See 25-Across
- When repeated, a dance instructor's call
- Algorithm component
- Stone at a stream crossing
- How-to unit
- Instructions part
- Algorithm part
- Minimal progress
- Manual component
- One of AA's 12
- Baby's first is a milestone
- Take the first ___
- Something to watch, perhaps
- Necessity for some aerobics classes
- Word before aside or aerobics
- One of Hitchcock's 39
- Instruction book segment
- Dancing unit
- Procedure portion
- Part of a recovery program
- Plan part
- Recipe segment
- Move at the dance hall
- Choreography bit
- "Bake at 375° for 15 minutes," e.g.
- Plan piece
- Footprint
- Move one foot
- "___ right up..."
- Degree
- "___ on it!"
- Remarriage prefix
- Part of a flight
- Brady Bunch prefix
- Word preceding up or down
- ___ on it (hurry up)
- Blended-family prefix
- Dance move
- Pedometer activator
- Process part
- Resign, with "down"
- Kind of brother or ladder
- Pace
- Pas de deux piece
- Choreographer's call
- Notable first for a baby
- Piece of choreography
- Kind of function
- Big first for baby
- Choreographer's unit
- Part of a pas de deux
- Aerobics class type
- Dance school lesson
- Small distance
- Dance studio lesson
- Dance movement
- Two-___ (fox trot forerunner)
- Big first for a toddler
- Stride
- Assembly instructions part
- Interval on a scale
- Challenge for the wheelchair-bound
- 1/12 of a recovery program
- Increase, with "up"
- Instruction
- Prefix with mother and brother
- One on the way up?
- Come forward, with "up"
- ___ turn (skiing maneuver)
- Part of a program
- Assembly instruction
- Aerobics class aid
- One of AA's twelve
- Staircase part
- Rehab unit
- Flight part
- Choreography unit
- Manual unit
- Stroller's unit
- Dance component
- Part of a staircase
- "One giant ___ for ..."
- Instruction book item
- Stairway part
- Walking unit
- Manner of walking
- Ballroom move
- One of a number of things taken to the cellar
- "___ lively!"
- Bit of progress
- Advance, with "up"
- Part of a plan
- Way station
- Something not to be missed
- No great distance
- Part of a procedure
- Plan segment
- Ladder feature
- Aerobics prop
- Stool or sister starter
- Flight unit
- Increase, with "up"
- 108 Across part
- One ___ at a time
- Resign (with "down")
- Way up or down
- Small progression
- "___ right up!"
- Pedometer's unit
- Kind of son or father
- Choreographer's creation
- "Watch your ___!"
- Short stride
- 1, 2 or 3, in a manual
- Self-help program level
- Two-___ (ballroom dance)
- Perron part
- "That's one small ___ for ..."
- Word repeated by a drill sergeant
- "Watch your ___!"
- Kind of mother or child
- Arthur Murray teaching
- Porch adjunct
- Self-help level
- Move a foot
- How-to part
- Kind of son or daughter
- "___ right up!"
- Aerobics class prop
- Hike kickoff
- Word with "forward" or "up"
- One of 12 in a program
- Self-help program part
- Baby-book first
- Word in a Neil Armstrong quote
- Ladder type
- Infant's achievement
- One of 12 at support meetings
- One-twelfth of the AA program
- Word with "forward," "up" or "back"
- It may lead up or down
- "Keep in ___!"
- Dance segment
- Word with "forward" or "backward"
- March movement
- It's part of the flight
- Word with child or ladder
- Program part
- Big feat for baby
- Word with down or lively
- Level
- What the Castles might teach
- Aerobics-class prop
- Aerobics class direction
- Whole tone, e.g.
- Small thing in a Neil Armstrong quote
- Aerobics type
- One of 12 for the Alcoholics Anonymous program
- Aerobics style
- You may have to watch yours
- Penthouse pinups
- Kind of stool or ladder
- It helps you get up
- Dance fundamental
- Part of a dance instructor's call
- Kind of ladder
- Bit of a climb
- Twelve-___ program
- Baby's milestone
- Escalator segment
- Put one foot in front of the other
- Type of aerobics
- Part of a dance routine
- Prefix with "father" and "brother"
- Mambo move
- When repeated, aerobic instructor's cry
- "That's one small ___ for ..."
- Word with "forward" or "up"
- Resign (with "down")
- "One giant ___ for ..."
- Wheelchair obstacle
- Aerobic exercise part
- Advance, with "up"
- Twelve-___ program
- You might need to watch yours
- Flight component
- Flight feature
- Something to take you higher
- Do a certain synchronized dance
- Put your foot down
- What may get you a little higher
- Goose ______
- Riser
- Unit of a flight of stairs
- Aerobics accessory
- Instruction part
- Bullet point, often
- Part of a stoop
- "So You Think You Can Dance" move
- ___on;trample
- Folk-dance component
- - aerobics
- Word after lock or box
- Armstrong's "small" stride
- Progress measure
- Unit in a plan
- Move a foot?
- Part of assembly instructions
- Ballet bit
- Staircase component
- 'That's one small ___ ...'
- Dance part
- Dance lesson part
- Dance feature
- Ladder rung, e.g.
- Unit of progress
- Flight unit
- Stair
- Ladder part
- Aerobics aid
- Fred Astaire move
- "Dancing with the Stars" move
- Put your foot down?
- Accelerate, with "up"
- Baby book first
- The first or last one can be a doozy
- Part of the process
- One of 12, at some meetings
- Instruction unit
- Accelerate, with up
- Repeated cry in an exercise class
- Prefix with "father" or "son"
- Flight level
- Stair section
- With 126-Down, first instruction
- Pedometer unit
- Program unit
- How-to segment
- Marching pace
- Word before "mother" or "lively"
- Plan phase
- Equipment for some aerobics classes
- Pedometer measure
- Baby's first ___
- Directive repeated in an aerobics class
- Bit of action
- One in a flight
- Choreographic concern
- Any "cha" in the cha-cha-cha
- Word before "lively"
- Ladder lead-in
- AA program unit
- It helps you up?
- Scale interval
- Giant thing in a kids' game
- Word before "aside" or "aerobics"
- Walking distance
- Stairway segment
- A way up
- Stoop feature
- Big accomplishment for baby
- A short distance
- Graduation
- Pas de bourrée, e.g.
- When repeated, aerobics class cry
- Choreographer's concern
- Setup instructions word
- "One ___ Beyond"
- Dance lesson bit
- Kind of child
- Get a leg up ... and down
- C to D, musically
- Aerobic exercise aid
- Assembly stage
- Course of action
- Prefix in combined families
- Recipe instruction
- Baby ___
- When repeated, an aerobics class cry
- Samba move
- Kind of parent
- Word often followed by a number or letter
- Part of the staircase
- Exercise accessory
- Instructions segment
- Stairs unit
- Process unit
- Dance step
- Relative of a ladder rung
- Part of a ladder
- Musical interval
- Part of a progression
- How-to component
- Dance manoeuvre
- Dance maneuvre
- Big event for baby
- Part of an escalator
- One of a flight
- Part of a dance lesson
- Instructions component
- It's used to take flight?
- Triumphant first for a baby
- Thing between levels
- Single pace
- Echoing sound in a hallway, maybe
- A to B, musically
- Aerobics class word
- It may help you get up
- Part of any folk dance
- Intervene, with "in"
- Aerobics class shout
- Baby or giant move
- Armstrong's fourth word from the moon's surface
- It can get you a bit closer
- Instruction sheet part
- Part of a walk in the park
- Prefix with mother or father
- Fitbit unit
- Very short climb
- One thing to do lively
- Staircase unit
- ___ aside
- Repeated cry at a dance class
- Assembly manual item
- Start of a walk
- Line dance part
- Dancer's concern
- Walk
- Phase
- Part of a stairway
- The first is a big feat for baby
- Stairs part
- Plant your foot
- Part of a flight of stairs
- Action taken to back favourites
- Two-___ (ballroom dance move)
- A or B, in a manual
- "Shake well," e.g.
- Small advancement
- It can get you up
- One stride
- Answering an ad is the first one
- Elton John "___ Into Christmas"
- Infant's notable first
- Happy Mondays "___ On"
- Sleater-Kinney "___ Aside"
- Stevie Ray Vaughan "In ___"
- Bobby Brown "Every Little ___"
- "Modern Vampires of the City" final single
- '89 Stevie Ray Vaughan album "In ___"
- Stereophonics "___ on My Old Size Nines"
- Pet Shop Boys "To ___ Aside"
- George Strait "One ___ at a Time"
- Pace - part of a procedure
- Radiohead "15 ___"
- Stage - pace
- See 16
- Tread - stage
- Put your foot in the waste paper basket
- Go back, darlings!
- Walk about a yard
- A little progress in dancing
- Part of the procedure for backing favourites
- Put your foot in the WPB
- Set out quietly for a walk
- In haste, perhaps, one may achieve little progress
- Put foot down, knocking over parrots and budgies?
- One has to mind it with dogs and cats about
- Slight progress - bird all gone by Boxing Day commemoration
- Tread on some character's toe
- Though Stephen's no chicken, there's some progress
- Tread on pets inadvertently!
- Stephen has no female to walk with
- Stage favourite's elevation
- Pets returning from a walk
- See 20
- See 8
- Choreography concern
- One of 39 keeps dancing on ladder
- Footprint shows retreat of cat and dog
- Rung of a ladder
- Back favourites for pace
- Favourites return to stage
- Movement in dancing
- Pace (taken one at a time?)
- Blue-eyed boys back-tracking a short distance
- Stage in favourite's rise
- Old connection paid into source of power and energy
- Instruction sheet unit
- Stairway unit
- Numbered instruction
- Picture in an IKEA manual, e.g.
- Dance-lesson demonstration
- It may be 30 inches, to a drill sergeant
- One of many mastered by 23 Across
- Part of a list of instructions
- Take pets for a walk
- Intervene, ___ in
- Stage favourite's comeback
- Tread the stage
- Measure up cats and dogs?
- Second favourite revolving stage
- Tramp's caresses rejected
- Cats and dogs up for walk?
- Walk backward, darlings!
- Stage favourites making a comeback
- Part of procedure - one of 39?
- Drive faster
- Backing favourites a short part of the way
- Joycean role with movement gracious as in the old days
- Stage favourite's returned
- Stage favourites turned up
- Stage favourites brought back
- Favourite's backed for pace
- Stage favourites put up
- Measure pace
- Starts in Sound Techniques (early production stage)
- Door approach
- Put one's foot down?
- Zumba movement
- How-to instruction
- Directions segment
- One of a program dozen
- Armstrong's giant small thing
- Single dance move
- Blue-eyed boy's rebellious action
- Favourites brought up to show pace
- Part of a how-to manual
- Fitness tracker unit
- Part of a Fitbit count
- Checklist component
- Single move forward
- Group dance with stomps and claps
- Aerobics class move
- Part of an instruction set
- Do-it-yourself assembly phase
- Phase of a project
- Mayan pyramid feature
- Baserunner's-lead unit
- Part of a recipe
- Word before father or son
- It has a riser
- Rung on a ladder
- Staircase surface
- Walk starter
- Domestic animals backing part of procedure
- One of 12, in AA
- Interval from C to D, musically
- Type of ladder
- Escalator surface
- Escalator feature
- A measure of advancement
- Giant or baby item
- Minuet movement
- A ___ in the right direction
- Favourites about to show pace
- Bit of aerobics gear
- Baby's notable first
- Use a StairMaster
- Instructions unit
- Line-dance lesson component
- Dance lesson unit
- Flight part before a landing
- A measure of pest control?
- Mambo movement
- Neil Armstrong quote word
- Stroll starter
- Dance basic
- Fitbit bit
- One of 12 in Alcoholics Anonymous
- Recovery program part
- Aerobics unit
- Level of a flight
- Footprint maker
- Part of a walk
- Bit of dance instruction
- Walk from the stage
- Each cha in cha-cha-cha
- How-to book division
- Tread a measure?
- A measure of good taste, perhaps
- Stray pets can give you a bit of a dance
- A degree in dancing
- One of 354 in the Statue of Liberty
- Huge first for a baby
- Part of the plan?
- Percussive dance style
- When repeated, workout class instruction
- 2017 dance documentary
- ___ class (provider of an aerobic workout)
- Progression unit
- Short walking distance
- Important first for a baby
- A to B, say
- Put your foot down?
- Place for your feet on an escalator
- How-to manual component
- Part of an assembly instruction
- Pas
- Part of a wikiHow article
- "___ on it!" ("Hurry!")
- It can get your foot off the ground
- ___ team (dance group)
- Big first movement for a baby
- Bit recorded on a Fitbit
- "___ lively" ("Move quickly")
- Instruction booklet section
- Prefix with "father"
- Something to watch on uneven terrain
- Small part of a dance lesson
- Manual part
- Page in a manual
- "1, 2 ___" (Ciara hit)
- Section of a tutorial
- Phase of a plan
- Part of a dance
- Dance class topic
- Big first for babies
- Dancer's first move, often
- ___ up to the plate
- Choreography part
- False ___
- Dance class move
- Part of a rowhouse stoop
- Aerobics class with a platform
- Unit on a pedometer
- Tutorial part
- One way up?
- Front porch item
- Any rung on a ladder
- Bit of a dance
- Dance element
- Repeated cry in aerobics
- Family prefix
- Thing before a front porch
- Walking pace
- ___ down (resign)
- Bhangra movement
- Prefix for some blended family members
- "___ Up to the Plate, Maria Singh" (2017 novel)
- Walk about a yard?
- Movement tracked by a Fitbit
- "___ it up!"
- "___ Class" ("Abbott Elementary" episode where the kids learn a dance routine)
- Word before "ladder" or "sister"
- Dance Dance Revolution move
- Dance Dance Revolution action
- Part of an IKEA manual
- Escalator unit
- "Pierce film with fork" might be the first one
- A stage in the raising of tame animals
- Put one foot in front of the other?
- Word after door or lock
- "No ___" (airplane wing warning)
- Word that can precede or follow "dance"
- Documentary based on a Baltimore dance team
- Move a foot?
- "One ___ at a Time" (Jordin Sparks song)
- "___ Up" (dance film franchise)
- Protocol part
- "One small ___ for man ..."
- Start of a thousand-mile journey
- ___ dance
- Out of ___
- Prefix with any family member
- You might be told to watch yours
- Word withback or lively
- Call repeated in an aerobics class
- "Take a ___ back"
- One of 1,665 in the Eiffel Tower
- March part
- Single instruction
- Stoop part
- Bit of a staircase
- Favourites up the pace
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 23, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 19, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - July 18, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 16, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - July 15, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 14, 2026
- Mirror Daily - July 13, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - July 13, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 11, 2026
- Daily American - July 10, 2026
- Daily American - July 08, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 25, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 22, 2026
- Your Life Choices - June 16, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 13, 2026
- LA Times - June 07, 2026
- LA Times - June 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - June 03, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 01, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 25, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 22, 2026
- LA Times - May 19, 2026
- Daily American - May 17, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 14, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 13, 2026
- New York Times - May 04, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 03, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 30, 2026
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