Preceding (5)

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prior

'preceding' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for prior that I've seen before include "Antecedent" , "Former - head of religious house" , "More pressing" , "former conviction" , "head of a house of friars" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard and The Mirror.

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