The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word MUTABLE
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More clues leading to the result MUTABLE
- Unsteady creature holding another up
- I’m not sure about diners possibly changing
- Bill invested in footwear that’s tending to change
- Cross nurses flap, being volatile
- Shifting item of furniture? There’s hesitation to climb at first
- Jenny adopted Bill
- Greek character with furniture that can change shape
- Stubborn sort pocketed bill, tending to change
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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 = mutable.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does MUTABLE mean?
MUTABLE noun- Something mutable; a variable or value that can change.
- Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
- (of a variable) Having a value that is changeable during program execution.