| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| GOPLACES | Come up in the world |
| RISE | Come up in the world |
| BASRA | Mideast city that is the capital of the world in H. G. Wells's "The Shape of Things to Come" |
| TALLER | More up in the world |
| GETAHEAD | Move up in the world |
| BILLYROSE | Showman went up in the world |
| ELEVATOR | One way to get up in the world? |
| CUBA | Runner-up to Japan in the first World Baseball Classic |
