| PREORDER | Reserve in advance, as an upcoming book |
| PREELECT | Choose in advance, as an unopposed candidate |
| PREWARM | Heat in advance, as an oven |
| HYPES | Promotes, as an upcoming party |
| EARNOUT | Make more money than your advance, as an author hopes to on a book |
| 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 |
| PRELOAD | Install in advance, as software |
| PRECAST | Shaped in advance, as concrete (7) |
| PRELOADS | Installs in advance, as software |
| 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) |
| CASEBOOK | Medical histories are in this receptacle, reserve in advance (8) |
| BOOK | Reserve in advance |
| EMOTIVE | Upcoming book -- this writer's controversial (7) |
| FUNNY | Upcoming book written by Emily Henry |
| STORY | Upcoming book written by Emily Henry |
| ANNE | Rice who wrote the upcoming book "Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat" |
