| PROGRESSION | Gradual movement towards a more advanced state (11) |
| ALONG | A desire to get to a more advanced state (5) |
| DRIFT | Continental ____ , the gradual movement of continents through geological time (5) |
| CONT | Gradual movements... |
| ECUMENICISM | Movement towards unity of Christian churches (11) |
| POSTGRADUATE | A student with a first degree who is pursuing studies for a more advanced qualification (12) |
| OREAD | Spot a nymph in a more advanced position (5) |
| PROGRESS | Forward movement towards a destination or goal (8) |
| FARTHER | To, or at, a greater extent, degree, or a more advanced stage (7) |
| FURTHER | To, or at, a greater extent, degree, or a more advanced stage (7) |
| AHEADOFTHEGAME | A teacher of authority got fame, eh, at work in a more advanced position? (5,2,3,4) |
| GRE | Test taken by college students who want a more advanced degree: Abbr. |
| CENTREFORWARD | Did the main striker take up a more advanced position? (6-7) |
| FURTHERON | Revised for hunter at a more advanced point (7,2) |
| RIPEN | Fruitfully, reach a more advanced stage (5) |
| SENIOR | Of a more advanced age |
| LATERON | Learnt about introducing oxygen at a more advanced stage (5,2) |
| EVOLVE | Morph slowly into a more advanced species (6) |
| LATER | Alter assembly at a more advanced stage |
| CIVILISATION | A human society with an advanced state of social development (12) |