Possible Clues:

• Way up or down
• Flight to be taken at a standstill?
• It's maybe left to staircase when it's not there
• Way of rising to beat a lost race
• It uplifts one to find oracles at work
• On-going means of coping with ups and downs
• Passenger-carrying flight
• Effortless means by which many rise to the top?
• Set a carol for dancing in effortless steps
• That will give you a rise, even if you're 24 down