| ONWARD | Forward in time; ahead |
| TRIGGER | Set off in time, ahead of scaffolder (7) |
| FUTURE | Female has row of stitches with section missing in time ahead (6) |
| SEASON | Waves forward in time (6) |
| TONIGHT | Dark time ahead, working in firm |
| TALKINGTO | Time ahead of leader in voice for lecture |
| FAST | Showing a time ahead of the correct time |
| PAULOPOSTFUTURE | Tense Apostle with nothing to mail in the time ahead (5-4-6) |
| TWEE | Precious little time ahead (4) |
| LATER | Arrived at some time ahead - more dead (5) |
| UPSTICKS | Remove clogs, seeing good time ahead (2,6) |
| TEACH | Time ahead for show (5) |
| LONGTERM | Relating to some time ahead (4-4) |
| NOON | The time ahead of one (4) |
| SNOWDROP | Flower, small at this time, ahead of fall (8) |
| TITAN | Short time ahead of it, a new moon (5) |
| CHESS | Best-selling board game of all time, ahead of Checkers (#2), Backgammon (#3) and Monopoly (#4) |
| YEARSTOCOME | Tea cosy, more suited for a long time ahead (5,2,4) |
| BACKTOTHEFUTURE | Film tot, he entered returning to tense time ahead (4,2,3,6) |
| BOTTOMSUP | Cheers in prosperous periods, entertaining times ahead (7,2) |
