| Early role for Shirley | 22 |
| Early role for Ron Howard | 25 |
| Early role for Neil Patrick | 27 |
| Early Rockefeller product | 25 |
| Early Robin Williams role | 25 |
| Early Robin Cook thriller | 25 |
| Early Roanoke Islander | 22 |
| Early resident of Qumram | 24 |
| Early resident of Britain | 25 |
| Early religious sect member | 27 |
| Early releases of a sort | 25 |
| Early recording star Spencer | 28 |
| Early Reagan associate | 22 |
| Early radio transmitter | 23 |
| Early punk singer Smith | 23 |
| Early psychoanalyst Coriat | 26 |
| Early programming language | 26 |
| Early programming acronym | 25 |
| Early post of J. Caesar | 23 |
| Early porridge fancier | 22 |
| Early Pontiac muscle car | 24 |
| Early political caucus state | 28 |
| Early political cartoonist | 26 |
| Early point in one's life | 29 |
| Early poet laureate Henry | 25 |
| Early pictures' Bara | 24 |
| Early physics Nobelist | 22 |
| Early photojournalist Jacob | 27 |
| Early philosophical hot spot | 28 |
| Early personal computers | 24 |
| Early personal computer maker | 29 |
| Early period of civilization | 28 |
| Early period in human history | 29 |
| Early people of Mexico | 22 |
| Early people of Britain | 23 |
| Early people of Brazil | 22 |
| Early penman's chore | 24 |
| Early peer-to-peer player | 25 |
| Early Paul Anka subject | 23 |
| Early partner of Westinghouse | 29 |
| Early part of the evening | 25 |
| Early part of a big race? | 25 |
| Early Palestinian cenobite | 26 |
| Early oven manufacturer? | 24 |
| Early Oscar winner Jannings | 27 |
| Early or Late Crawford | 22 |
| Early operating system | 22 |
| Early online newsgroup system | 29 |
| Early online bookstore | 22 |
| Early ones to get the worm? | 27 |
| Early on-line protocol | 22 |
| Early Obama crony Bill | 22 |
| Early O'Neill play | 22 |
| Early Northwest trading town | 28 |
| Early Norse ruler of Normandy | 29 |
| Early nights, in sonnets | 24 |
| Early night, to a poet | 22 |
| Early night, in an ode | 22 |
| Early newsreels company | 23 |
| Early newspaper magnate | 23 |
| Early New York skyscraper | 25 |
| Early New England houses | 24 |
| Early Nets great, familiarly | 28 |
| Early native of Campania | 24 |
| Early name of Nova Scotia | 25 |
| Early name of Haile Selassie | 28 |
| Early name in word processing | 29 |
| Early name in video games | 25 |
| Early name in TV justice | 24 |
| Early name in home computers | 28 |
| Early name for up-tempo jazz | 28 |
| Early name for Ulan Bator | 25 |
| Early My Morning Jacket jam? | 28 |
| Early MP3-sharing Web site | 26 |
| Early Moslems of Medina | 23 |
| Early morning show, briefly | 27 |
| Early morning phenomenon | 24 |
| Early morning favorite | 22 |
| Early morning droplets | 22 |
| Early morning declaration | 25 |
| Early morning course, often | 27 |
| Early modern jazz style | 23 |
| Early model for Baryshnikov | 27 |
| Early mode of transportation | 28 |
| Early missile launcher | 22 |
| Early minstrel-show song | 24 |
| Early middle school grade | 25 |
| Early Microsoft offering | 24 |
| Early Michael Jackson style | 27 |
| Early Michael Jackson hit | 25 |
| Early Mexico inhabitant | 23 |
| Early Mexican inhabitant | 24 |
| Early Mets manager Hodges | 25 |
| Early method of travel | 22 |
| Early metalworking period | 25 |
| Early medium-range missiles | 27 |
| Early measure of length | 23 |
| Early Maryland settlers | 23 |
| Early Mary Tyler Moore role | 27 |
| Early manuscript versions | 25 |