Crossword Puzzle Push up against

Clue: Push up against

Pushy upstart (ARRIVISTE with 9 letters)
Upward push (BOOST with 5 letters)
Pedal pushers, updated (CAPRIS with 6 letters)
Push an upper boundary, slangily (TAKEITTOTHEMAX with 14 letters)
Push upward (BOOST with 5 letters)
Upset a stage coach, perhaps (EMOTE with 5 letters)
Like the figure formed by the three circled letters in the upper left (SCALENE with 7 letters)
Upfront stake (ANTE with 4 letters)
Upbraided in no uncertain terms (HOLLEREDAT with 10 letters)
New York's "ever upward" motto (EXCELSIOR with 9 letters)