| PRELOAD | Install in advance, as software |
| PRELOADS | Installs in advance, as software |
| PREELECT | Choose in advance, as an unopposed candidate |
| POSTDATE | Write in advance, as a check |
| PLAN | Lay out in advance, as a wedding |
| BABYLONIAN | Little national insurance in advance, as ancient (10) |
| PREP | Get ready in advance, as for surgery |
| UPFRONT | Paid in advance, as costs |
| PREWARM | Heat in advance, as an oven |
| PREORDER | Reserve in advance, as an upcoming book |
| PRECAST | Shaped in advance, as concrete (7) |
| EARNEST | Word for money paid in advance as a deposit or guarantee, hence a pledge, assurance or foretaste of what is to come; or, first-fruits (7) |
| MACHINE | In 2015, what did Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti install in the International Space Station? (6,7) |
| COFFEE | In 2015, what did Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti install in the International Space Station? (6,7) |
| HANG | Install in a gallery, maybe |
| INDUCT | Formally install in office |
| FIREALARM | Safety device, one proper to install in agricultural building |
| INVEST | Put money to use to install in office (6) |
| ELECT | Install in an office |
| ANOINT | Install in a position |
