| USHERIN | Act as a forerunner |
| HARBINGER | It will bring about a change in her as a forerunner (9) |
| CEZANNE | French artist identified with postImpressionism and also as a forerunner of Cubism whose paintings include House in Provence, The Card Players, The Basket of Apples and Bathers (7) |
| TENT | George Washington relic heralded as a forerunner to the Oval Office |
| TRAPPED | Song by Colonel Abrams released in 1985, regarded as a forerunner of house music (7) |
| BATTLEDORE | Short name of a game played with a shuttlecock and rackets that was a forerunner of badminton (10) |
| ANTECEDENT | A decent net - improvement on a forerunner (10) |
| CAMERA | 1960s and 1970s ITV comedy show; a forerunner of Game For A Laugh and Trigger Happy TV (6,6) |
| CANDID | 1960s and 1970s ITV comedy show; a forerunner of Game For A Laugh and Trigger Happy TV (6,6) |
| BABBAGE | Charles, London born mathematician who built a machine which was a forerunner of the computer (7) |
| NSA | Govt. org. with a forerunner known as the Black Chamber |
| TIPCAT | Old outdoor game played with a bat, considered a forerunner of rounders and cricket (3,3) |
| CHALUMEAU | Unexpectedly hum a clue about a forerunner of the clarinet (9) |
| HOWDOYOUDO | A forerunner of "Hi!"? (3,2,3,2) |
| APPEARS | Soft fruit, a forerunner shows (7) |
| SKA | Music style which was a forerunner of reggae |
| VELOCIPEDE | A forerunner of the bicycle |
| ONEFOOTINTHEGRAVE | TV show a forerunner to Six Feet Under? |
| PRESS | Railroad, a forerunner of ship? |
| OMEN | A forerunner, in other words |
