Big steps
The crossword clue "Big steps" is answered by STRIDES, a 7-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STRIDES
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STRIDES answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for STRIDES
Every other clue in this collection answered by STRIDES, most used first.
- Long steps - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Progress - used 16 times, most recently in 2017
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