| ADVANCED | Be ahead, having lent money (8) |
| CHARLOTTEBRONTE | Writer having lent Rob, the actor, novel (9,6) |
| ENLISTS | Joins up, having lent Sis some change (7) |
| BORROWED | Upright man having argued was lent money (8) |
| LEAPFROG | Get ahead having bound part of the hoof (8) |
| BORROWER | Man turning up with oarsman ? one lent money (8) |
| ANDERSON | Willie the early 6Ac great, saunters ahead having lost weight (8) |
| REVERSAL | Check suffered by Sarah, right always to be ahead (8) |
| GAMBLERS | Are they lucky to be ahead? (8) |
| ORDERING | 0-0 around closing bits of third quarter? Better teams, say, would be ahead in this! (8) |
| ANTEDATE | Be ahead of |
| TRILBY | Goes on ahead having three pound? Yes! (6) |
| LAYERED | Went ahead, having terrible year on so many levels (7) |
| TAKEPRECEDENCE | Go ahead, having accepted keener version (4,10) |
| AYAH | You're way ahead having that maid from India! (4) |
| SUPERB | Ahead, having broken Djokovic? Fantastic! |
| ELECTED | European went ahead, having shock treatment chosen (7) |
| LISTED | Went ahead, having first entered (6) |
| OGLED | Looked ahead having begun to go back |
| STRAIGHTFORWARD | Easy street just ahead, having employed ace earlier (15) |
