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• Prepare to hear ''The Star Spangled Banner''
• Opposite of fall
• Upward movement
• What dough does when baked
• Acknowledge the judge
• Move skyward
• Gently sloped hill
• Early career trajectory
• Trip to the summit
• Prepare for the national anthem
• Attain new heights
• Uptick
• Conquer, as K2
• Take on K2
• Little hill