| Stair section | 13 |
| Stair piece | 11 |
| Stair feature | 13 |
| Stage stand | 11 |
| Stage elevator | 14 |
| Sol, every day | 14 |
| Parachute strap | 15 |
| One who greets the day | 22 |
| One might be an early one | 25 |
| One heeding the alarm clock | 27 |
| One getting up | 14 |
| Old Sol, diurnally | 18 |
| It's before a landing | 25 |
| It brings you to a new level | 28 |
| Flight section | 14 |
| Face of a step | 14 |
| Ex-sleeper | 10 |
| Early ___ (one up at 6 a.m., say) | 33 |
| Drummer's spot | 18 |
| Choir supporter | 15 |
| Choir stand | 11 |
| Choir accessory | 15 |
| Certain softball pitch | 22 |
| An early one is healthy, wealthy. etc. | 38 |
| Alarm heeder | 12 |
| Aid for a large-group photo | 27 |
| Aid for a group photo | 21 |
| Stair parts | 11 |
| Flight parts | 12 |
| Stairway parts | 14 |
| Staircase parts | 15 |
| Parts of a stairway | 19 |
| Flight components | 17 |
| Choir supports | 14 |
| Flight features | 15 |
| Choirs may stand on them | 24 |
| They help singers attain certain heights | 40 |
| Platforms for choirs | 20 |
| Parts of steps | 14 |
| Chorus platforms | 16 |
| Choir stands | 12 |
| What a choir stands on, often | 29 |
| Vertical pipes | 14 |
| Upwardly mobile people | 22 |
| Tiered stage platforms | 22 |
| They help you see better | 24 |
| Steplike platforms | 18 |
| Step sections | 13 |
| Stands for choirs | 17 |
| Stairstep segments | 18 |
| Staircase features | 18 |
| Stage platforms | 15 |
| Some are early | 14 |
| Props to heighten a performance? | 32 |
| Platforms resembling steps | 26 |
| Perron parts | 12 |
| Parts of stairways | 18 |
| Parts of stairs | 15 |
| Gymnasium seats | 15 |
| Choral platforms | 16 |
| Choral concert sights | 21 |
| Choirs may use them | 19 |
| Choir-concert accessories | 25 |
| Choir platforms | 15 |
| Escalates | 9 |
| "The Sun Also ___" | 28 |
| Knolls | 6 |
| Surges | 6 |
| Reacts to yeast | 15 |
| Loses a lap | 11 |
| Hillocks | 8 |
| Does a seventh-inning routine | 29 |
| Climbs up the charts | 20 |
| What dough does | 15 |
| Starts a seventh-inning routine | 31 |
| Soars | 5 |
| Gets promoted | 13 |
| Emulates the sun | 16 |
| Comes up in the east | 20 |
| What the sun does every day | 27 |
| What the sun does | 17 |
| What the sun also does | 22 |
| What Immortal's "Sun No Longer" does | 50 |
| What Cradle of Filth's "Black Goddess" does | 57 |
| What bread does in the oven | 27 |
| Upticks | 7 |
| The Sun Also ____ | 17 |
| Sun events | 10 |
| Sol does this daily | 19 |
| Sets' opposite | 18 |
| Result of bull markets | 22 |
| Reacts to leaven | 16 |
| Opposite of sets | 16 |
| Moves up the corporate ladder | 29 |
| Moves skyward | 13 |
| Leaves one's bunk | 21 |
| Has origin | 10 |
| Greets the judge | 16 |
| Goes up, as the sun | 19 |
| Gets to the top | 15 |