| THERAPIST | Shrink the cuff before it's embroidered |
| CONTRACT | Shrink the dental plate as a game (8,6) |
| SHIEST | Likely to shrink the most, say |
| SPORTS | Shrink the dental plate as a game (8,6) |
| SUPERSTAR | The great rock musical of the 70s, Jesus Christ ... was released as an album a year before its first |
| MAGELLAN | Which Portuguese explorer captained the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, although he died before its conclusion? (8) |
| PREWASH | Part of cycle before its entry was hard to follow. The Ring? Well before that! (7) |
| DR | Abbr. before Seuss, who is said to have confusingly mused, "How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn." It |
| DOUGH | A breadstick, before its time in the oven |
| HEATHLEDGER | The Dark Knight actor who died before its 2008 release |
| TADPOLE | Emerging from spawn in late February to early March, the aquatic larva of a frog before its metamorphosis into a froglet (7) |
| INDENT | Space to the left of a paragraph, or before its first word |
| ITO | Prime suspect: If a piece of cake is mysteriously missing before it's been cut, the person with the icing around his mouth probably ___ it |
| SEARS | Old name for the second corner at Snetterton before its re-design. (5) |
| LARVA | What is the immature form of a creature before its metamorphosis? (5) |
| ASBESTOS | The use of what fibrous mineral was used as a heat and electrical insulator before its adverse effect on human health was recognised? (8) |
| NSYNC | Boy band with a star before its name |
| MASSON | Vintner Paul who would "sell no wine before its time" |
| UNSPUN | Web before its inception was large organisation's joke (6) |
| DIRECTORSCUT | Edited version of a film before its release |
