| ISAWAMAN | 'As I was going up the stair, ... who wasn't there, He wasn't there again today, Oh, how I wish he'd |
| EMOJI | Majorities off the stair who designed a mobile icon (5) |
| STORMATSEA | As mast tore wildly, a sailor might wish he'd stayed on dry land (5,2,3) |
| ENDI | "So this ain't the ___ _ saw you again, today..." - heart, "barracuda" |
| STEP | Animal companions go up the stair |
| SEESAW | Perhaps Newcastle was going up and down and up (6) |
| RIPSAW | Woodcutter's rent was going up (6) |
| HATE | Berlin's "Oh, How I ___ to Get Up in the Morning" |
| HATETO | "Oh, how I ___ get up...": Berlin |
| SOMEONETO | Gertrude Lawrence sang, "Won't you tell him please to put on some speed; Follow my lead, oh, how I n |
| ETHER | Named as part of the heavens there again |
| MNEMONIC | Memory device like "How I wish I could calculate pi," e.g. |
| OHTOBE | "How I wish I were ..." |
| ERE | "Oh, how with more than dreams the soul is torn / ___ sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes" (Paul Laurence Dunbar) |
| HERO | "Oh, how you are my _ _ _ /Oh, how you're never here though", from Glasvegas's "Daddy's Gone" (4) |
| READ | "I ___ the news today, oh boy" |
| ABSENTEE | Sailor posted notes, as he wasn't there (8) |
| IMETA | "...upon the stair, ___ man who wasn't there" |
| ORTON | Joe --, author of the play 'The Ruffian On the Stair' (5) |
| RISER | One who gets up a part of the stair (5) |
