| VERTICALTAKEOFF | Helicopter's ascent, or what 3-, 8- , 25- or 29-Down could be considered? |
| PIECEOFCAKE | Something easy ... or what 21-Across, 3-Down, or 29-Down could also be? |
| TENAX | Holding fast to justice, iustitiae ____ (Juv. 8. 25); or to truth, ____ veri (Pers. 5. 48) |
| DESCENDINGORDER | What sports stats are usually shown in ... or what 3-, 5- and 9-Down each represents? |
| HANGINGIVY | Greenery in suspended baskets ... or, phonetically, what 3-, 8- or 14-Down is? |
| FOGGYBOTTOM | State Department neighborhood ... and what 3-, 8- and 29-Down all have? |
| WATERCOLORS | Contents of some palettes ... or what 17- Across, 11- Down and 31- Down could be, given that their starts are rivers? |
| CATARACT | Lots of water rushing down - could be eye trouble (8) |
| FASHION | A way to learn what Pretty Polly tights might be considered? (7) |
| PARROT | A way to learn what Pretty Polly tights might be considered? (6) |
| DIP | Drop down could be lucky (3) |
| PROPOSITION | Republican given work in place has possibility to be considered? (11) |
| ANABASIS | An ascent or going up; or, a military advance, such as Cyrus the Younger's into Asia, as related by Xenophon (8) |
| DOGSTAR | Bother chap in heaven from below - what's 8 25 there? |
| CHECKLIST | East European composer cited points to be considered? (9) |
| PROFANITY | Such irreverence could be considered to be tiny for pa! |
| ANCESTOR | Ascent or maybe an old relative (8) |
| RISE | An ascent or move upwards, such as that made on getting up from one's bed or that of a surfacing fish (4) |
| GOOUTONALIMB | Act riskily ... or what three answers in this puzzle do |
| SPELLBIND | Captivate ... or what three indicated words do, vis- a- vis 17-, 26- and 45- Across? |
