- EARLY
- Premature
- 300-win Wynn
- Like the worm-catcher?
- Before the due date
- 11:00 A.M., for many college students
- Like periods that shorten pregnancy scares
- Jumping the gun
- Before the sun is out
- Like leaks
- At the crack of dawn
- Pioneering
- In time for the worm?
- Predawn
- Primitive
- How go-getters get up
- Hoping to avoid the rush, perhaps
- Determined to get a good seat, maybe
- Ahead of time
- Ahead of what's expected
- Of a long-ago era
- ___ bird special
- Before the crack of dawn
- Like an eager guest, maybe
- Prehistoric
- Ahead of schedule
- Before the scheduled time
- Too soon
- In advance
- Like the proverbial worm catcher
- Before the bell
- With time to spare
- Beforehand
- ___to bed...
- ____ bird
- Kind of bird or riser
- More than punctual
- Like an eager date, say
- Before sunup
- Old-time
- __ bird
- Bird type
- What the fashionably late never are
- Before the crowd
- Helped by the jet stream, as a flight
- Like some retirements
- Unexpected, in a way
- __ warning
- Like birds with worms, so it's said
- How surprise party guests should arrive
- Well in advance
- Like an eager "bird"
- Before the deadline
- Before sunrise
- Before the doors open
- 6 a.m., for many
- Way before the bell
- Before its time
- Wee, as hours
- At daybreak
- When Katie Couric wakes up
- Prior to opening
- Ahead of one's time
- Before it's needed
- Near-future
- In the wee hours
- Way back
- Before dawn
- Ahead of the due date
- Before it's due
- Dawn description
- Not at the last second
- Like a preemie
- F. D. R.'s secretary.
- White House secretary.
- President Roosevelt's secretary.
- General Jubal.
- Under-Secretary of Defense, was secretary of FDR.
- Former White House press secretary.
- American journalist, secretary to F. D. R.
- F. D. R. aide or Confederate general.
- Far back in time.
- Hurler Wynn, of the Indians.
- In good time.
- F. D. R.'s press secretary.
- In good season.
- In the near future.
- 5 A. M.
- In ancient times.
- Wynn of the Indians.
- Confederate general Jubal.
- Pitcher Wynn.
- General under 41 Down.
- Confederate general.
- Ancient.
- Betimes.
- Soon.
- In remote times.
- Bird of a sort.
- Companion of bright.
- Gen. Jubal
- Partner of bright.
- Kind of bird
- The good die ___ . . .
- Steve of F.D.R. staff
- Certain bird
- Worm-catching bird
- Type of bird
- Worm-eating bird
- Part of D.E.W.
- Jubal Anderson ___
- Kind of bird or show
- C.S.A. commander
- Another Lee follower
- ___ bird
- Hall of Fame pitcher ___ Wynn
- Jubal ___ of the C.S.A.
- At cock's crow
- Baseball's Wynn
- Before curfew
- At dawn
- Old
- Before the due date, say
- Like the bird that catches the worm
- Five in the morning, say
- Like Cro-Magnon man, to us
- Like some risers
- See 51-Across
- Like 5:00 or 6:00 a.m., say
- Too quickly
- Before dawn, say
- With 1-Down, good thing to have for a tornado
- Avoiding the rush, say
- Late's opposite
- Not to term
- At the crack of dawn, say
- Pre-50-Across
- ___ voting
- Word with bird or retirement
- Son Volt "Too ___"
- Rush "Distant ___ Warning"
- Sublime lyric "___ in the morning, risin' to the street"
- ___ riser
- ... and _____ to rise ...
- Like some birds?
- Before the start
- ... and ___ to rise ...
- More than prompt
- Before the rest of the crowd arrives
- Pre-punctual?
- Better than punctual
- U-turn from late
- Like the bird that gets the worm
- ___ decision (admissions policy)
- Not just punctual
- ____ Bird Special
- Kind of riser
- The ___ bird gets the worm
- Like an eager guest
- Loser to Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley
- Toward the beginning
- Like the bird with the worm
- When an eager date arrives
- Like the worm-catcher, in a saying
- Like the worm-catching bird
- Like the bird who gets the worm, in a saying
- In the wee hours of the morning
- Like Franklin's bedtime
- Like some retirement
- Like Neanderthal man
- Before dawn, perhaps
- At first light
- Preliminary
- Advance
- Before sunrise, say
- At first light, say
