| ACACE | Forerunner to the Cobra (2,3) |
| ACACEA | Forerunners to the Cobra (2,4) |
| CHARMING | How pleasant to the cobra the piper seems to be |
| ARDEA | Forerunner to the Lancia Appia (5) |
| LOTUS | Forerunners to the Excel (5,6) |
| AGAIN | The tail of the cobra caught in a snare once more (5) |
| MAMBA | Cousin of the cobra |
| KRAIT | Highly venomous Asian snake of the cobra family (5) |
| FLUSHEDWITHPRIDE | After inventing the forerunner to the modern toilet, Harington __ |
| ECU | Forerunner to the Euro, the European Currency Unit (3) |
| APPEL | Karel, Dutch abstract expressionist painter, a founder of the Cobra group (5) |
| KINGS | Ronald Reagan's finest performance was in the outstanding forerunner to Peyton Place, ... Row (4'1) |
| VALUES | Political party that was the forerunner to the Greens, 1972-1990 (6) |
| WYVERN | Forerunner to the Vauxhall Victor (6) |
| CITROENAX | Forerunner to the Saxo (7,2) |
| MARBELLA | Forerunner to the SEAT Arosa (8) |
| VISA | Forerunner to the Citroen AX (4) |
| TWINCAM | Performance Ford, forerunner to the RS1600 (6,4,3) |
| ESCORT | Performance Ford, forerunner to the RS1600 (6,4,3) |
| FOOTAGE | Length of forerunner to the Kinnock era (7) |
