Climbing out of bed after hot cavorting with a new lady at last (2,3,3,2)
I believe the answer is:
on the way up
'climbing out of bed after hot cavorting with a new lady at last' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'climbing out of bed after hot cavorting with a new lady at last' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'climbing' could be 'up' and 'up' is located in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
'hot' could be 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps) and 'h' is found in the answer.
'with' could be 'w' (abbreviation) and 'w' is found within the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
'new' could be 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament) and 'n' is present in the answer.
'last' could be 't' (I've seen this in other clues) and 't' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for on the way up that I've seen before include "Going places" , "Heading towards success: in the ascendant" .)