Elevator alternative
The crossword clue "Elevator alternative" is answered by STAIR, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STAIR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STAIR answer page.
Used 11 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- STAIRWAY (3 uses in xd)
- ESCALATOR (2 uses in xd)
- STAIRCASE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for STAIR
Every other clue in this collection answered by STAIR, most used first.
- Part of a flight - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Step - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Flight segment - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Flight part - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Way up - used 34 times, most recently in 2022
- Way up or down - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Flight unit - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Flight component - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Step in a flight - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Companionway. - used 14 times, most recently in 1981
- Flight feature - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Flight of steps - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Escalator part - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Step between landings - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Walkway between floors - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Series of steps - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Word with case or well - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Set of steps between floors - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Step up - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Link to another story? - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- One step - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Single step - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Step between floors - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Up-or-down walkway - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Midway alternative - OHARE, used 67 times
- Advil alternative - ALEVE, used 66 times
- Elevator stop - FLOOR, used 40 times
- Tylenol alternative - ALEVE, used 39 times
- Clothesline alternative - DRYER, used 34 times
- Window alternative - AISLE, used 33 times
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