| ABORT | Stop a computer program before it is finished |
| SOURCECODE | Version of a computer program before conversion into machine-readable form (6,4) |
| WRITEPROTECT | Stop (a computer disc) being accidentally reused |
| APPRAISE | Develop computer program before survey (8) |
| OVERT | It is evident it is finished on time (5) |
| RUSH | Be it a phoenix's ascent from the ashes, sunup as we open our eyes and lashes or bread dough's lift before it is baked and eaten with gnashes, it is an upward motion, sometimes with financial or aeria |
| RISE | Be it a phoenix's ascent from the ashes, sunup as we open our eyes and lashes or bread dough's lift before it is baked and eaten with gnashes, it is an upward motion, sometimes with financial or aeria |
| ATANEND | Net a smash in and it is finished (2,2,3) |
| ANOUN | "Theater is a verb before it is _____ ..." (Martha Graham) |
| OVERANDDONEWITH | Expression meaning 'It is finished and I can forget it' (4,3,4,4) |
| COVERAGE | The reporting of it is finished in prison (8) |
| OVER | What's more, it is finished (4) |
| THERESNONELEFT | It is finished (6,4,4) |
| ONCEOVER | Quick appraisal as soon as it is finished |
| DONE | Being cooked, it is finished (4) |
| APPEND | Add smartphone program before conclusion (6) |
| NEWS | Program before "Wheel of Fortune," often |
| PREVUE | The showing of a movie, a play, an exhibition before it is seen by the general public |
| PREVIEW | Showing of a film to a limited audience before it is available to the public (7) |
| AMORTISATION | Writing off value a month before it is invested in share |