Went across street, we hear, ahead of all others in front (8)
I believe the answer is:
bestrode
'all others in front' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'went across street we hear ahead' is the wordplay.
'went across' becomes 'best' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'street' becomes 'road' (I've seen this in another clue).
'we hear' shows a homophone (sound like).
'ahead' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'road' is a homophone of 'rode'.
'best'+'rode'='BESTRODE'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bestrode that I've seen before include "Stood astride or over" , "spanned" .)