| Earl or count | 13 |
| Earl or duke | 12 |
| Earl or Lady Grey | 17 |
| Earl or Pearl suffix | 20 |
| Earl or viscount | 16 |
| Earl Scruggs "True Love Never ___" | 44 |
| Earl Scruggs's instrument | 29 |
| Earl Scruggs's music | 24 |
| Earl Scruggs's partner Flatt | 32 |
| Earl Sweatshirt's genre | 27 |
| Earl Weaver was one | 19 |
| Earl Weaver's bird | 22 |
| Earl Weaver's longtime team | 31 |
| Earl Weaverbird? | 16 |
| Earl with a tea | 15 |
| Earl with a tea named for him | 29 |
| Earl __ tea | 11 |
| Earl ___ | 8 |
| Earl ___ (tea named for a British noble) | 40 |
| Earl ___ Biggers | 16 |
| Earl ___ Biggers, Chan's creator | 36 |
| Earl ___ Hines | 14 |
| Earl ___ Hines, jazz pianist | 28 |
| Earl ___ tea | 12 |
| Earl ___, 1930 Triple Crown-winning jockey | 42 |
| Earl ___, first African-American to play in the N.B.A. | 54 |
| Earl ____ Biggers | 17 |
| Earl's daughter | 19 |
| Earl's equivalent, in Évreux | 36 |
| Earl's inferior (abbr.) | 27 |
| Earl's inferior: Abbr. | 26 |
| Earl's peer | 15 |
| Earl's spouse, e.g. | 23 |
| Earl's superior | 19 |
| Earl, duke, etc. | 16 |
| Earl, e.g. | 10 |
| Earl, for one | 13 |
| Earl, the jazz pianist and conductor | 36 |
| Earl, to Tiger | 14 |
| Earlap | 6 |
| Earldom county on the Thames | 28 |
| Earldom once held by Eden | 25 |
| Earldoms or dukedoms | 20 |
| Earle ___, inventor of the Band-Aid | 35 |
| Earlier | 7 |
| Earlier alphabet string | 23 |
| Earlier bid | 11 |
| Earlier bouts | 13 |
| Earlier case | 12 |
| Earlier cases | 13 |
| Earlier conviction | 18 |
| Earlier flight hidden in the seven longest puzzle answers | 57 |
| Earlier form of a word | 22 |
| Earlier forms of words | 22 |
| Earlier in the past | 19 |
| Earlier in the text | 19 |
| Earlier in time | 15 |
| Earlier in time (with "to") | 37 |
| Earlier name for Abraham | 24 |
| Earlier offense | 15 |
| Earlier on the page | 19 |
| Earlier period | 14 |
| Earlier than | 12 |
| Earlier than 1, initially | 25 |
| Earlier than desired | 20 |
| Earlier than now | 16 |
| Earlier than, once | 18 |
| Earlier than, to poets | 22 |
| Earlier than: Prefix | 20 |
| Earlier today, say | 18 |
| Earlier, earlier | 16 |
| Earlier, for short | 18 |
| Earlier, in a poem | 18 |
| Earlier, in poetry | 18 |
| Earlier, in verse | 17 |
| Earlier, old style | 18 |
| Earlier-born | 12 |
| Earlier: Abbr. | 14 |
| Earlier; previous | 17 |
| Earliest | 8 |
| Earliest assembly-line Ford | 27 |
| Earliest computer | 17 |
| Earliest date | 13 |
| Earliest flicks | 15 |
| Earliest garden? | 16 |
| Earliest historical point | 25 |
| Earliest known fitness trainer? | 31 |
| Earliest known greeting | 23 |
| Earliest known inhabitant | 25 |
| Earliest known pulsar | 21 |
| Earliest known spice | 20 |
| Earliest match | 14 |
| Earliest million-dollar movie role | 34 |
| Earliest of the Three B's | 29 |
| Earliest period | 15 |
| Earliest person to see a sunrise, typically | 43 |
| Earliest pope to receive the title "the Great" | 56 |
| Earliest recorded Chinese dynasty | 33 |
| Earliest runs of newspapers | 27 |
| Earliest scene of amour | 23 |