| LODESTONE | Most ancient item, left to the front as focus of interest |
| RELIC | Ancient item (5) |
| TAKINGTHE | Going to the front, as the thief on the roof is! (6,3,4) |
| LEAD | Going to the front, as the thief on the roof is! (6,3,4) (see 3A) |
| THEREFORE | The soldiers must come to the front as a consequence |
| VANDAL | Lad returning to the front as a criminal |
| FORESAW | Was sent back to the front, as anticipated (7) |
| ANCHOR | Show presenter as focus of stability (6) |
| SPOTLIGHT | Snub involving head held up as focus of attention (9) |
| STEMCELL | Check small room as focus of bio-research (4,4) |
| SMOKELESS | In a way, seems OK to describe large space in the front as one without puffers (9) |
| MAEWEST | She was prominent at the front as a wartime life-saver (3,4) |
| FORWARD | Lacking restraint at the front, as was evidenced by Richard Loe (7) |
| OLDEST | The trail is located in the Appalachian Mountains, which are among the ___ mountains on Earth and that consist of some of the most ancient crystalline rocks known (6) |
| URANUS | The most ancient of the Greek gods and first ruler of the universe (6) |
| UTUS | Maori settlements as focus of docusoap |
| CENTREOFATTENTION | Ear, nose and throat seen as such a focus of interest |
| TOBRUK | Focus of interest in World War II to British and their country |
| TURNON | Excitement will be the focus of interest (4,2) |
| THISTLE | Scotland's highest order of chivalry is The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the ... |
