| MORNINGSUN | It's bright and early |
| CLEVER | It's bright and cold and you get up only with difficulty (6) |
| SUNNY | Bright and early riser at New York (5) |
| PRECOCITY | Bright and early state (9) |
| CHILDPRODIGY | One's bright and early, too! (5,7) |
| DAYLIGHTROBBERY | Extortion from criminal body, bright and early (8,7) |
| MORNINGSTAR | Matron grins doing the rounds ___ one up bright and early (7,4) |
| RISEANDSHINE | Wake up, as will the sun bright and early? |
| BEECH | Couple starting off bright and early, both caught short, needing tree! (5) |
| EQUITABLE | Leave bright and early, beginning ahead of fair (9) |
| JAPONICA | Japanese quince, cultivated for its bright red flowers and edible yellow fruit; family Rosaceae (8) |
| CHINAASTER | *Annual known for its bright showy blooms |
| BLACKBOX | It's bright orange on Jumbo and in plain speech tells you what those in control did (5,3) |
| REDSTART | Identifiable by its bright orange tail, a robin-sized chat visiting the UK in the summer (8) |
| VERNA | The spring gentian, Gentiana - - - - -, grown for its bright blue flowers (5) |
| CARDINAL | You'll recognize the male of this songbird by its bright red color |
| SHRIMP | Prawn-like shellfish, traditionally potted in butter; its bright pink colour when cooked; or, something puny, like such a small edible crustacean (6) |
| PINOAK | It's bright red in autumn |
| IDEA | Sometimes it's bright |
| SUNLIT | New shelter, essentially, in case it's bright |
