| Bird |
| Old ___ |
| Ancient |
| Betimes |
| At dawn |
| Predawn |
| Warning |
| Way back |
| Not late |
| Too soon |
| Primitive |
| Bird type |
| Premature |
| Beforehand |
| In advance |
| Like leaks |
| ___ to bed |
| 5 a.m., say |
| Not to term |
| Preliminary |
| Before time |
| Too quickly |
| Before dawn |
| In good time |
| Before sunup |
| Certain bird |
| Type of bird |
| Kind of bird |
| Ahead of time |
| At dawn, e.g. |
| Before curfew |
| Kind of riser |
| Pre-punctual? |
| Wee, as hours |
| At first light |
| In good season |
| Part of D.E.W. |
| At cock's crow |
| Before sunrise |
| Before the hour |
| Well in advance |
| Baseball's Wynn |
| Late's opposite |
| Not just prompt |
| Before expected |
| Jumping the gun |
| Before the bell |
| ___ Bird Special |
| Before dawn, say |
| Before the start |
| C.S.A. commander |
| Like some risers |
| Like some birds? |
| More than prompt |
| Opposite of late |
| Prior to opening |
| U-turn from late |
| Worm-eating bird |
| Before the crowd |
| In the wee hours |
| Not merely prompt |
| Son Volt "Too ___ |
| Ahead of schedule |
| Jubal Anderson ___ |
| Untimely, in a way |
| Worm-catching bird |
| In the near future |
| Before it's needed |
| With time to spare |
| More than punctual |
| Ahead of one's time |
| Certainly not tardy |
| Like an eager guest |
| Before the due time |
| Way before deadline |
| Way before the bell |
| Before the deadline |
| Before the due date |
| Confederate general |
| Toward the beginning |
| Another Lee follower |
| Before dawn, perhaps |
| Better than punctual |
| Kind of bird or show |
| At the crack of dawn |
| Unexpected, in a way |
| Before the sun is out |
| Steve of F.D.R. staff |
| Like some retirements |
| Avoiding the rush, say |
| Before it gets crowded |
| The good die ___ . . . |
| Civil War general Jubal |
| Jubal ___ of the C.S.A. |
| Like an eager date, say |
| Before the crack of dawn |
| Five in the morning, say |
| Likely to wait, probably |
| Rush "Distant ___ Warning |
| At the crack of dawn, say |
| Before the scheduled time |
| Camped out in line, maybe |
| Confederate general Jubal |
| ___ Girl (tomato cultivar) |
| The ___ bird gets the worm |
| Before the scheduled start |
| Like an eager guest, maybe |
| Like Cro-Magnon man, to us |
| When an eager date arrives |
| ''... and ___ to rise ...'' |
| F. D. R.'s press secretary. |
| Like 5:00 or 6:00 a.m., say |
| Like the worm-catching bird |
| Like the bird with the worm |
| Best time to fish, it's said |
| With frost, winter harbinger |
| Hall of Fame pitcher ___ Wynn |
| ___ decision (admissions policy) |
| Before the sun comes up, perhaps |
| Like the proverbial worm catcher |
| Like the worm-catcher, in a saying |
| Like birds with worms, so it's said |
| Like the bird that catches the worm |
| What the fashionably late never are |
| Before the rest of the crowd arrives |
| Helped by the jet stream, as a flight |
| Civil War general, loser at Waynesboro |
| How surprise party guests should arrive |
| Before noon, to a teenager or lazy person |
| Like periods that shorten pregnancy scares |
| Loser to Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley |
| Sublime lyric "___ in the morning, risin' to the street |