| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| RISER | Step part | |
| TREAD | Step part | |
| FOOTSTALK | The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step. | |
| SETTLE | A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. | |
| PACE | A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall. | |
| MEASURE | A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, politica... | |
| BEGIN | To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start. | |
| PREDELLA | The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along t... | |