| Levitator's command | 23 |
| Climb the corporate ladder | 26 |
| You may do it with the sun | 26 |
| Yeast's effect on cake | 26 |
| What some fast balls do | 23 |
| What bread dough should do | 26 |
| Stevens of operatic fame | 24 |
| Sit on a tack and then ___ | 26 |
| Show some respect to a judge | 28 |
| Show respect for Old Glory | 26 |
| Revolt, with "up" | 27 |
| Prepare to sing an anthem | 25 |
| Pantera song about an ascent? | 29 |
| Obey a bailiff's order | 26 |
| Kiss "___ to It" | 26 |
| Increase in salary, to a Brit | 29 |
| Greet the judge nonverbally | 27 |
| Get ready for a pledge | 22 |
| Faith healer's directive | 28 |
| Exhibit upward mobility? | 24 |
| Elevation of influence | 22 |
| Effect of yeast on dough | 24 |
| Early career trajectory | 23 |
| 1979 #1 hit for Herb Alpert | 27 |
| Greet the day cheerfully | 24 |
| Ascended, as from the grave | 27 |
| Like the sun after dawn | 23 |
| What comeback career had done | 29 |
| Out of bed for the day | 22 |
| Ready to greet the day | 22 |
| Part 2 of our Easter greeting | 29 |
| No longer kneeling, maybe | 25 |
| Like Jesus or baked dough | 25 |
| Like a successful soufflé | 28 |
| Having cleared the horizon | 26 |
| Gone toward the firmament | 25 |
| A choir may stand on it | 23 |
| Performer's platform | 24 |
| Drummer's platform | 22 |
| Vertical tread connector | 24 |
| Platform part, perhaps | 22 |
| One getting out of bed | 22 |
| Platform for choir members | 26 |
| It comes before a landing | 25 |
| Stand for the singers? | 22 |
| One who greets the day | 22 |
| One might be an early one | 25 |
| One heeding the alarm clock | 27 |
| It's before a landing | 25 |
| It brings you to a new level | 28 |
| Certain softball pitch | 22 |
| Aid for a large-group photo | 27 |
| Choirs may stand on them | 24 |
| What a choir stands on, often | 29 |
| Upwardly mobile people | 22 |
| Tiered stage platforms | 22 |
| They help you see better | 24 |
| Platforms resembling steps | 26 |
| Choir-concert accessories | 25 |
| "The Sun Also ___" | 28 |
| Does a seventh-inning routine | 29 |
| What the sun does every day | 27 |
| What the sun also does | 22 |
| What bread does in the oven | 27 |
| Result of bull markets | 22 |
| Moves up the corporate ladder | 29 |
| Gets promoted at label | 22 |
| Gambler's calculation | 25 |
| Attains a higher status | 23 |
| Answers the call, maybe | 23 |
| "The Sun Also ---" | 28 |
| Meets, as expectations | 22 |
| Meets the challenge of | 22 |
| Equal, as expectations | 22 |
| Prove oneself the equal of | 26 |
| Fully meet, as expectations | 27 |
| Like Leno's patter | 22 |
| Leontyne moving up the scale? | 29 |
| Up-and-coming crappie? | 22 |
| Game played on a world map | 26 |
| Classic Parker Brothers game | 28 |
| Insurer's calculation | 25 |
| Speculator's concern | 24 |
| Underwriter's assessment | 28 |
| It's measured by the odds | 29 |
| Investor's consideration | 28 |
| What a funambulist takes | 24 |
| War game played on a board | 26 |
| Prudential calculation | 22 |
| Insurer's exposure | 22 |
| Entrepreneur's concern | 26 |
| Board game of world conquest | 28 |
| What insurers insure against | 28 |
| Underwriter's concern | 25 |
| Thrill-seeker's love | 24 |
| Reward seeker's concern | 27 |
| Pastime for world-beaters? | 26 |
| Lender's assessment | 23 |
| Insurer's determination | 27 |
| Insurance deals with it | 23 |