| Before sunup | 12 |
| Before it's needed | 22 |
| Baseball's Wynn | 19 |
| At the crack of dawn | 20 |
| At cock's crow | 18 |
| "... and --- to rise ..." | 35 |
| "... and ___ to rise..." | 34 |
| ". . . and ___ to rise" | 33 |
| "___ to bed . . . " | 29 |
| Worm-eating bird | 16 |
| Worm-catching bird | 18 |
| With frost, winter harbinger | 28 |
| What the fashionably late never are | 35 |
| Wee, as hours | 13 |
| Way before deadline | 19 |
| Too quickly | 11 |
| Steve of F.D.R. staff | 21 |
| Son Volt "Too ___" | 28 |
| Rush "Distant ___ Warning" | 36 |
| Predawn | 7 |
| Part of D.E.W. | 14 |
| Not to term | 11 |
| Not merely prompt | 17 |
| Not just prompt | 15 |
| More than prompt | 16 |
| Loser to Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley | 42 |
| Likely to wait, probably | 24 |
| Like the proverbial worm catcher | 32 |
| Like the bird that catches the worm | 35 |
| Like some risers | 16 |
| Like some birds? | 16 |
| Like leaks | 10 |
| Like Cro-Magnon man, to us | 26 |
| Like an eager guest, maybe | 26 |
| Like an eager guest | 19 |
| Like 5:00 or 6:00 a.m., say | 27 |
| Late's opposite | 19 |
| Kind of bird or show | 20 |
| Jubal Anderson ___ | 18 |
| Jubal ___ of the C.S.A. | 23 |
| Hall of Fame pitcher ___ Wynn | 29 |
| Five in the morning, say | 24 |
| Civil War general, loser at Waynesboro | 38 |
| Civil War general Jubal | 23 |
| C.S.A. commander | 16 |
| Bird type | 9 |
| Best time to fish, it's said | 32 |
| Before the sun is out | 21 |
| Before the start | 16 |
| Before the hour | 15 |
| Before the crack of dawn | 24 |
| Before sunrise | 14 |
| Before dawn, say | 16 |
| Before dawn, perhaps | 20 |
| Before curfew | 13 |
| Avoiding the rush, say | 22 |
| At the crack of dawn, say | 25 |
| At first light | 14 |
| At dawn | 7 |
| Another Lee follower | 20 |
| Ahead of one's time | 23 |
| "The good die ___ . . . " | 35 |
| "... and ___ to rise ..." | 35 |
| ''... and ___ to rise ...'' | 43 |
| ____ Bird Special | 17 |
| ___ Girl (tomato cultivar) | 26 |
| ___ Bird Special | 16 |
| Fall opportunities for high school seniors | 42 |
| Decor style | 11 |
| Kind of special | 15 |
| Worm catcher, in a saying | 25 |
| Proverbial worm catcher | 23 |
| It gets the worm | 16 |
| Intelsat flight | 15 |
| Morning commute reading material | 32 |
| Near the beginning | 18 |
| In the initial phases | 21 |
| While still not much has happened | 33 |
| Right at the start | 18 |
| Near the outset | 15 |
| Maker of the Official Mint Julep of the Kentucky Derby | 54 |
| Retirement account transaction that may incur a penalty | 55 |
| Distinguishing characteristic | 29 |
| Tag, in a way | 13 |
| Legislator's source of pork | 31 |
| Designate specifically | 22 |
| Tag for a particular purpose | 28 |
| Set aside for a special purpose | 31 |
| Set aside for a particular purpose | 34 |
| Politician's add-on | 23 |
| Distinctive attribute | 21 |
| Tabbed for special use | 22 |
| Set aside (for) | 15 |
| Characteristics | 15 |
| Sets aside | 10 |
| Distinguishing features | 23 |
| Special features | 16 |
| Some bills have them | 20 |
| Sets aside (for) | 16 |
| Pork | 4 |