| Early Appalachian crossers | 26 |
| Early Apple computer name | 25 |
| Early arcade game supplier | 26 |
| Early archer's shield | 25 |
| Early Arctic inhabitant | 23 |
| Early arithmetic skill | 22 |
| Early arrival, shortly: Var. | 28 |
| Early arrivals, of sorts | 24 |
| Early artist's milieu | 25 |
| Early assembly-line cars | 24 |
| Early assembly-line items | 25 |
| Early assembly-line output | 26 |
| Early associate of Freud | 24 |
| Early Astor's collection | 28 |
| Early astronomical instrument | 29 |
| Early Atari model, to Romans? | 29 |
| Early Atari video game | 22 |
| Early Athenian democrat | 23 |
| Early Atlantic crosser | 22 |
| Early Atlas rocket, e.g. | 24 |
| Early auto manufacturer | 23 |
| Early automaker Harry C. ___ | 28 |
| Early automaker Ransom | 22 |
| Early aviator's accessory | 29 |
| Early Batman portrayer | 22 |
| Early Beatle Sutcliffe | 22 |
| Early Beatles describer | 23 |
| Early Beatles songs are in it | 29 |
| Early Beatles, affectionately | 29 |
| Early Betamax supporter | 23 |
| Early Biblical commentary | 25 |
| Early Billy Crystal TV show | 27 |
| Early bird special item | 23 |
| Early Bird was the first one | 28 |
| Early bird's abode? | 23 |
| Early bird's antithesis | 27 |
| Early bird's breakfast | 26 |
| Early bird's home? | 22 |
| Early bird's opposite | 25 |
| Early bird's opposite? | 26 |
| Early bird's prize | 22 |
| Early bird's treat | 22 |
| Early birthday milestone | 24 |
| Early Black Sea settler | 23 |
| Early blooming flowers | 22 |
| Early blues singer Ma -- | 24 |
| Early Boeing 737 customer | 25 |
| Early brand of decaf coffee | 27 |
| Early Brazilian people | 22 |
| Early breath freshener | 22 |
| Early British automaker Henry | 29 |
| Early British cavalry: Abbr. | 28 |
| Early Britney Spears feature | 28 |
| Early business language | 23 |
| Early calculator of pi | 22 |
| Early calendar developers | 25 |
| Early Calif. missionary | 23 |
| Early Californian Pico | 22 |
| Early Canadian conveyance | 26 |
| Early Canadian statesman John | 29 |
| Early Cape Canaveral program | 28 |
| Early capital of Georgia | 24 |
| Early capital of Japan | 22 |
| Early capital of Macedonia | 26 |
| Early car company co-founder | 28 |
| Early car manufacturer | 22 |
| Early career trajectory | 23 |
| Early cartoonist Thomas | 23 |
| Early casino proprietor | 23 |
| Early center of Christianity | 28 |
| Early Chaplin employer | 22 |
| Early Chevy vehicle?: abbr. | 27 |
| Early Chinese dynasty name | 26 |
| Early Chloe Sevigny movie | 25 |
| Early cholesterol avoider | 25 |
| Early Christian center | 22 |
| Early Christian chalice | 23 |
| Early Christian convert | 23 |
| Early Christian informer | 24 |
| Early Christian missionaries | 28 |
| Early Christian pulpit | 22 |
| Early Christian pulpits | 23 |
| Early Christian theologian | 26 |
| Early Christian wine vessels | 28 |
| Early Christmas visitors | 24 |
| Early Claude Rains film | 23 |
| Early CliffsNotes subheading | 28 |
| Early clothier Strauss | 22 |
| Early Coleco hand-held game | 27 |
| Early colleague of Freud | 24 |
| Early college entrance exam. | 28 |
| Early colonizer of America | 26 |
| Early comic strip character | 27 |
| Early Commodore computers | 25 |
| Early computer acronym | 22 |
| Early computer language | 23 |
| Early computing acronym | 23 |
| Early Connecticut tribe | 23 |
| Early conqueror of Rome | 23 |
| Early conquerors of Rome | 24 |