Word before nail or after steel (3)

I believe the answer is:

toe

(Other definitions for toe that I've seen before include "Front of shoe" , "compliantly put on line" , "Small member" , "Calabria?" , "Digit on foot" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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