| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| COCKEYEDOPTIMISTS | Ones looking way up |
| ASCEND | Work one's way up |
| SHINS | Works one's way up |
| ASCENDERS | Ones on the way up |
| FREEREVERSE | Backing up with no cars in one's way? |
| SLEEPIN | Go way past one's usual wake-up time |
| COKED | Out of one's mind, in a way, with "up" |
| slipping | Be behaving in a way that is not up to one's usual level of performance |
| scrambling | Make one's way quickly or awkwardly up a steep slope or over rough ground by using one's hands as well as one's feet |
