Lent (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">lent</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(advancing is a kind of lending)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for advanced that I've seen before include "Went ahead" , "provided loan" , "promoted" , "Lent - brought forward" , "Precocious" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">lent</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('loan' can be a synonym of 'lend')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Another definition for loaned that I've seen is " Gave temporarily - want it back".)