Answer:

rung

Answer	Crossword Clue
RUNG	A step up
RUNG	Ladder bar
RUNG	Part of a ladder

RUNG	Step up
RUNG	Ladder step
RUNG	Hierarchy level
RUNG	Level in a hierarchy
RUNG	Step on a ladder
RUNG	Ladder support
RUNG	Spoke
RUNG	Help on the way up

RUNG	Ladder section
RUNG	Chair leg crosspiece
RUNG	Ladder crosspiece
RUNG	Ladder part
RUNG	Ladder segment
RUNG	Crosspiece
RUNG	Ladder foothold
RUNG	A step up, maybe?

RUNG	Ladder piece
RUNG	Level, metaphorically
RUNG	Notch on the ladder
RUNG	Step of a sort
RUNG	Climbing aid
RUNG	Step
RUNG	Ladder level
RUNG	Place to step

RUNG	Stepladder step
RUNG	Kind of crossbar
RUNG	Metaphor for a promotion
RUNG	Step of a ladder.
RUNG	Part of a chair.
RUNG	Brace on a chair.
RUNG	Part of a wheel.
RUNG	Spoke of a wheel.

RUNG	Chair part.
RUNG	Part of a ladder.
RUNG	Wheel spoke.
RUNG	Ladder footpiece.
RUNG	Spoke.

Crossword

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