Way up or way down
The crossword clue "Way up or way down" is answered by STAIRS, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
STAIRS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STAIRS answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for STAIRS
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- Elevator alternative - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Way up - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Flight components - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Way up or down - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Escalator alternative - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Way out - EGRESS, used 115 times
- Marked down - ONSALE, used 92 times
- In a way - SORTOF, used 53 times
- Track down - LOCATE, used 35 times
- Came down - RAINED, used 34 times
- Get in the way of - IMPEDE, used 33 times
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