RATCHET
7 letters
Historical clue formulations
- Gradually increase, with "up" — 2020-06-23
- Mechanism in a unidirectional wrench — 2017-11-15
- Toothed wheel — 2015-08-06
- Wheel with sloped teeth — 2014-01-16
- Increase in increments, with "up" — 2010-10-20
