Upward slope (5)
'upward slope' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for ascent that I've seen before include "rising?" , "Uphill journey" , "The climbing of a peak" , "Going up" , "Incline" .)
'upward slope' is the definition.
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for climb that I've seen before include "Ascend, scale" , "Deadened" , "showing the way up" , "Mount, ascend" , "Rise (in value, status)" .)