| UPWARDLY | ... mobile, climbing the social ladder (8) |
| CLIMBERS | Those going up the social ladder driven up the wall by Adam, for one? (8) |
| DECLASSE | City girl in lowest social categories, put down the social ladder |
| STEPONIT | Hurry up and start climbing the ladder! (4,2,2) |
| MAKEITUP | Your legs collapsed, climbing the stairs? That's unimaginable! (3,7,4,2,2) |
| UPSCALE | Fairly high on the social ladder |
| CLIMB | Ascend, as the social ladder |
| MARRYUP | Climb the social ladder, in a way |
| RETIRE | Stop climbing the ladder and climb the stairs |
| HIERARCHY | Social ladder |
| PECKINGORDER | Social ladder |
| MBA | Aid in climbing the corp. ladder |
| STEPS | The record for climbing the Eiffel Tower's is under eight minutes |
| ASCENT | An act of climbing; the hill, slope, walk etc thus scaled; professional or social advancement; or, moving back through time, as in ancestry (6) |
| IVY | It may be climbing the walls |
| ICEAX | Tool for climbing the Alps |
| YACHT | Boat climbing the short reef |
| SCALER | One climbing the steep mountain |
| NOTUPTOIT | Incapable of climbing the summit? (3,0,4,2) |
| PARKOUR | "climbing the walls" sport |
