| ONEORTWO | Not many, in the early hours of the morning |
| TWOORTHREE | Not many in the early hours of the morning (3,2,5) |
| TAWNYOWL | Bird with a familiar call at night and in the early hours of the morning (5,3) |
| WEE | Like the early hours of the morning |
| EMMA | The girl, in the early hours, got me up (4) |
| NIGHTSHIFT | Group of workers operating in the early hours (5,5) |
| MOURNING | Suffering from first sign of ulcer in the early hours (8) |
| PREDAWN | Socialist has to pop round in the early hours (7) |
| MILKTRAIN | One tram link developed for transport in the early hours |
| AMUSEMENT | Diversion in the early hours sent me off round Ukrainian capital |
| MIDNIGHT | Thing appears dim in the early hours (8) |
| PUMA | Cat rolling up in the early hours, awake (4) |
| ELATED | On a high with my boss coming around in the early hours |
| AMMO | In the early hours, doctor finds bullets (4) |
| TOPOFTHEMORNING | Irish greeting in the early hours (3,2,3,7) |
| EARLY | In the wee small hours of the morning |
| TWOAM | A wee small hour of the morning (2 wds., abbr.) |
| MADAM | Crazy hour of the morning to call her either way. (5) |
| INTERCEDE | Pray during early hour of prayer (half dead!) (9) |
| MIDNIGHTOIL | Work into the early hours (4,3,8,3) |