Clues for the word "EARLY"
We've had 147 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 363 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on February 14, 2026.
Definition of early
- adv. - Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.
- adv. - In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit.
- adv. - Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc.
Referring Clues
- Baseball's Wynn
- Before the due date
- Premature
- Primitive
- Before curfew
- Like an eager guest, maybe
- Jumping the gun
- Old
- At dawn
- Like the bird that catches the worm
- Before the bell
- Like some retirements
- Five in the morning, say
- Ahead of schedule
- "___ Sunday Morning" (Edward Hopper painting)
- Too soon
- Like Cro-Magnon man, to us
- With time to spare
- Like some risers
- At the crack of dawn
- See 51-Across
- "___ to bed ..." (start of a verse often credited to Benjamin Franklin)
- Like 5:00 or 6:00 a.m., say
- Before sunrise
- ___ bird special
- Before the crack of dawn
- Prehistoric
- Before the scheduled time
- In advance
- Like the proverbial worm catcher
- Too quickly
- Likely to wait, probably
- Bird type
- Before sunup
- Ahead of one's time
- Before it's needed
- Ahead of time
- "... and ___ to rise ..."
- At cock's crow
- More than punctual
- Kind of riser
- Like an eager date, say
- Like the bird with the worm
- Loser to Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley
- Like an eager guest
- Toward the beginning
- Way before the bell
- When an eager date arrives
- Predawn
- Before expected
- Before the hour
- Before the deadline
- Before dawn, say
- At first light
- More than prompt
- With 1-Down, good thing to have for a tornado
- Before dawn
- Not just prompt
- Way before deadline
- At sunup
- In the wee hours
- "... and ___ to rise..."
- "... and ___ to rise"
- What the fashionably late never are
- Not merely prompt
- Bright and ___
- Civil War general Jubal
- Late's opposite
- Avoiding the rush, say
- Wee, as hours
- Not to term
- In good time
- Before it gets crowded
- Helped by the jet stream, as a flight
- Beforehand
- Before the crowd
- Of a long-ago era
- Way back
- ___ warning
- Unexpected, in a way
- "___ edition"
- ___ bird
- Like birds with worms, so it's said
- Before the rest of the crowd arrives
- Like the worm-catching bird
- Ancient
- Like the worm-catcher, in a saying
- Pre-punctual?
- At the crack of dawn, say
- Opposite of late
- Best time to fish, it's said
- Not late or on time
- Nobleman meeting youth leader ahead of time
- Not late, but almost not beginning
- Before the expected time
- Camped out in line, maybe
- Rush "Distant ___ Warning"
- Son Volt "Too ___"
- Sublime lyric "___ in the morning, risin' to the street"
- Soon makes a real change at the close of play
- Before time
- Infancy, when Wordsworth had 5 across of 5 down
- Gothic style following 13
- With time to spare, like an aristocrat?
- All but topless sooner than expected
- Spike left to meet youth leader in good time
- Not late, but nearly lost a point
- Count on first year in good time
- Erratic layer is the bird that gets the worm!
- Like a peer with time to spare?
- Heed heartless lady too soon
- Almost beheaded at dawn?
- New-season
- U-turn from late
- Forward almost blowing top
- Forward almost missing header
- Prior to opening
- At dawn, e.g.
- Probably am there ahead of schedule
- Pre-punctual?
- Better than punctual
- Untimely, in a way
- To the listener, some lyrics are old-fashioned
- How surprise party guests should arrive
- Pre-50-Across
- ___ decision (admissions policy)
- Well in advance
- Preliminary
- In front of the clock
- Bright's partner
- Like the bird that gets the worm
- Before the time stated
- Ahead of the due date
- Like an eager "bird"
- Not late
- Before the due date, say
- ___ voting
- Word with bird or retirement
- Is it typically noble to be in good time?
- Like the bird who gets the worm, in a saying
- Before the doors open
- In the wee hours of the morning
- Word before "retirement" or "riser"
- In good time, like a noble fellow
- Betimes
- At dawn, say
- Like some waiters
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - February 14, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - February 08, 2026
- Daily Quick - January 07, 2026
- LA Times - December 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 19, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 17, 2025
- New York Times - December 04, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 27, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 03, 2025
- Daily American - October 22, 2025
- New York Times - September 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 28, 2025
- New York Times - September 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 16, 2025
- LA Times - September 12, 2025
- LA Times - September 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 06, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 03, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 02, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 18, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 13, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 02, 2025
- Daily American - March 23, 2025
- LA Times - March 21, 2025
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