The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 2 plus 4 letter word STEP BY STEP
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More clues leading to the result STEP BY STEP
- How to choreograph a ballet being staged?
- Gradually lad with nothing to lose breaks into dance moves
- How one should build flat-pack furniture — and get it upstairs?
- Mention of plain bachelor associating with corrupt types gradually
- Gradually, heartless boy put in two measures
- Flight arrangement done in stages
- Gradually includes Times in back copies of favourites
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The straight part
We know that "done in stages" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case done in stages = step by step.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does STEP BY STEP mean?
STEP BY STEP adjective- In detail, describing each step precisely and in order.