The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TOTTERY
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More clues leading to the result TOTTERY
- Insecure title oddly held by right-winger
- Game of chance has time for learner, unsteady
- Unsteady river animal in banks of Tay
- Small child with Terence has no right to be unsteady
- Accommodating animal, roofless sty — not stable
- Aquatic creature’s driven one from river not stable
- Unsteady pig’s foot leaving first run on yard
- One scavenging rubbish by yard is near to collapse?
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The straight part
We know that "unsteady" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case unsteady = tottery.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.