Word with escape or escalator (6)

I believe the answer is:

clause

(Other definitions for clause that I've seen before include "Separate item in contract" , "Separate section of a legal document" , "Grammatical division" , "Section in a contract" , "Not quite a full sentence" .)

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

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