| TWINCAM | Performance Ford, forerunner to the RS1600 (6,4,3) |
| ESCORT | Performance Ford, forerunner to the RS1600 (6,4,3) |
| NIXON | Ford forerunner |
| TWINCAMS | Performance Ford Escorts succeeded by the RS1600 (4,4) |
| SPACEINVADERS | Arcade classic that was a forerunner to modern computer games (5,8) |
| FLUSHEDWITHPRIDE | After inventing the forerunner to the modern toilet, Harington __ |
| ECU | Forerunner to the Euro, the European Currency Unit (3) |
| THAMES | Ford van range - forerunner to the Transit (6) |
| FORDESCORTS | The RS1600 and RS2000 were variants of which cars? (4,7) |
| FORGESCORT | The RS1600 and RS2000 were versions of which car? (4,6) |
| VALUES | Political party that was the forerunner to the Greens, 1972-1990 (6) |
| PILE | Voltaic ___ (forerunner to the electric battery invented by Alessandro Volta) |
| WYVERN | Forerunner to the Vauxhall Victor (6) |
| VIOL | Medieval bowed, stringed instrument, forerunner to the double bass (4) |
| ACACE | Forerunner to the Cobra (2,3) |
| CITROENAX | Forerunner to the Saxo (7,2) |
| MARBELLA | Forerunner to the SEAT Arosa (8) |
| VISA | Forerunner to the Citroen AX (4) |
| FOOTAGE | Length of forerunner to the Kinnock era (7) |
| CAVALIER | Forerunner to the Vauxhall Vectra (8) |
