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Article seen by chief is to come (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ahead

'is to come' is the definition.
(ahead means still to come)

'article seen by chief' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'seen by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'chief' becomes 'head' (synonyms).
'a'+'head'='AHEAD'

(Other definitions for ahead that I've seen before include "advanced" , "Forwards" , "In the vanguard" , "In front as in race" , "Forward - in front" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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