Answer: ascends

AnswerCrossword Clue
ASCENDS

Rises.

ASCENDS

Moves heavenward

ASCENDS

Does half of a mountaineering expedition

ASCENDS
Is on the up and up?
ASCENDS
Takes off
ASCENDSDoes well
ASCENDSHeads up
ASCENDSIs caught up in the Rapture, e.g.
ASCENDSScales, as a ladder
ASCENDSClimbs up
ASCENDSTakes the high road
ASCENDSGoes up.
ASCENDSSlopes upward
ASCENDSSoars.
ASCENDSGets high
ASCENDSGains altitude
ASCENDSRises slowly
ASCENDSEscalates
ASCENDSMoves upward
ASCENDSGoes up
ASCENDSMounts
ASCENDSHeads for the peak
ASCENDSClimbs
ASCENDSRises