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Forerunner's entente cad ruined (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antecedent

'forerunner's' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'entente cad ruined' is the wordplay.
'ruined' indicates an anagram.
'entente'+'cad'='ententecad'
'ententecad' with letters rearranged gives 'ANTECEDENT'.

(Other definitions for antecedent that I've seen before include "Something existing before another" , "prior" , "Something previously extant" , "Previous" , "Preceding in time or order" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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