| Piece of audiophile equipment, briefly | 38 |
| Hi-fi component, for short | 26 |
| Concert box | 11 |
| They may be used to make mics louder | 36 |
| Sound system components | 23 |
| Radio components | 16 |
| Formed before delivery, as concrete | 35 |
| Like some concrete | 18 |
| Concrete type | 13 |
| Like ready-made concrete pieces | 31 |
| Like a concrete slab that's made off-site | 45 |
| Herald | 6 |
| Forerun | 7 |
| Appear before | 13 |
| Outrank | 7 |
| Late item over a news story | 27 |
| Late item atop a news story | 27 |
| Antedated | 9 |
| Item in a doctrine | 18 |
| Rule of personal conduct | 24 |
| Working rule | 12 |
| Rule of moral conduct | 21 |
| Commandment | 11 |
| Rain, snow, or sleet, for short | 31 |
| Rain, briefly | 13 |
| Slangy forecaster's word | 28 |
| Short fall? | 11 |
| Rain, in slang | 14 |
| Rain or snow, for short | 23 |
| Rain or sleet, for short | 24 |
| Concise summary | 15 |
| Terse summary | 13 |
| Summary? Cripes! | 16 |
| Sports car feature | 18 |
| Parboil | 7 |
| Parboil, e.g. | 13 |
| Make beforehand, as rice | 24 |
| Boil ahead of time, say | 23 |
| Parboiling | 10 |
| Like parts in a kit | 19 |
| Requiring no additional scissoring | 34 |
| Ready for use, as lumber | 24 |
| Opposite of custom-made | 23 |
| Like Wonder Bread | 17 |
| Like some quilt kits | 20 |
| Like some lumber | 16 |
| Like most store-bought bread | 28 |
| Like fabric in a quilting kit | 29 |
| Like a jigsaw puzzle | 20 |
| Come earlier than | 17 |
| Write tomorrow's check today | 32 |
| Were here before | 16 |
| Occur earlier | 13 |
| Happen earlier | 14 |
| Come earlier in time | 20 |
| Come before, in a way | 21 |
| Be there before | 15 |
| Like some documents | 19 |
| Antecedes | 9 |
| Occurs earlier | 14 |
| Is older than | 13 |
| Is a forerunner of | 18 |
| Comes earlier than | 18 |
| Arrives earlier than | 20 |
| Hunter | 6 |
| Rapacious one | 13 |
| Carnivore | 9 |
| Wolf, shark or lion, e.g. | 25 |
| Wolf or lion | 12 |
| Tiger or T-Rex | 14 |
| Shark or T. rex | 15 |
| Shark or sharpie | 16 |
| Shark or hawk | 13 |
| Polar bear, for one | 19 |
| One who plunders | 16 |
| Lion, to impala | 15 |
| Lion or wolf | 12 |
| Lion or coyote | 14 |
| Erne or eagle | 13 |
| Eagle or tiger, e.g. | 20 |
| Coyote or lion | 14 |
| Carnivores | 10 |
| Wolves and others | 17 |
| Online threats | 14 |
| Interpret signs | 15 |
| Do a weather report, e.g. | 25 |
| Say how things are going to be | 30 |
| Interpret tarot cards | 21 |
| Forecast or prognosticate | 25 |
| Do crystal-gazing | 17 |
| Do a meteorologist's job, say | 33 |
| Act like an oracle | 18 |
| Meteorologist, at times | 23 |
| Outnumber all others | 20 |
| They get out early | 18 |
| Incubator babies | 16 |
| Take the place of | 17 |
| Replace in the schedule | 23 |
| Replace, as a TV episode | 24 |
| Replace with another show | 25 |