Staircase banister (4)

I believe the answer is:

rail

(Other definitions for rail that I've seen before include "Bar - marsh bird" , "Part of train track" , "Bar for hanging; bird as corncrake" , "Complain intemperately" , "wader" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.com and the Newsday.

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