Clue: Went across street, we hear, ahead of all others in front (8)
Answer: BESTRODE
Explanation: Definition: Went across
 **Homophone of**(…, we hear) "road"(street/thoroughfare) **placed under**(… in front, in a down clue) BEST(ahead of all others/unsurpassed).
Defn: …/straddled.