The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RATCHET which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2010.
Increase gradually, with "up" crossword clue answers
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| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RATCHET | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Increase gradually, with "up"
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- build
- accrete
- accumulate
- gather
- swell
- wax
- climb
- swelled
- fade-in
- accrue
- riviere
- accelerando
Crossword Answer definitions
RATCHET noun- A pawl, click or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
- A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.
- A ratchet wrench.
- (by extension) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.
- To cause to become incremented or decremented.
- To increment or decrement.
- Ghetto; unseemly, indecorous.
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