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13 ac. Predecessor on the throne, English, branching out (8) FORE?AN?

8dn. Part of grass flower - see, bright climbing one (8) LO?ICUL? It's either Lodicula or Lodicule but the parsing eludes me.

FOR(E)KING

LO + LUCID rev + A

Many thanks buddy. I had 'Slash' instead of 'Slish' at 5 dn. With my moniker I really should have got the Shakespeare connection!