| CHAPTERONE | The pa bumped into the old hag early on in the book (7,3) |
| CRONE | Once, bumped right into the old hag (5) |
| INFRA | Latin word used in textual annotation meaning lower down on the page or further on in the book |
| HYDROPLANE | Early on in the PhD, made one for flying through water? (10) |
| ROBERTREED | He played Mike Brady, the dad in the six-kid family on "The Brady Bunch": 2 wds. |
| RALPHWAITE | He played John Walton, Sr., the dad in the seven-kid family on "The Waltons": 2 wds. |
| THREESCORE | Welshman with French horn breaks into the old-fashioned number (10) |
| HAPPYEVENT | Ma's joy - envy the pa, somehow keeping quiet! |
| JEFFGARLIN | Actor who plays the dad Murray on ABC comedy "The Goldbergs": 2 wds. |
| POCONODOJO | Sensei's place in the Pennsylvania mountains? |
| NUMBER | Was ether found early on in the Old Testament (6) |
| IMAGINE | PICTURE A Name the song by him that was recorded, sung line by line, by a host of stars, intended as a morale boost early on in the pandemic? (7) |
| THURSBY | Floyd ---, character who is murdered early on in The Maltese Falcon (7) |
| OPENER | It's key for one of those dealing with deliveries early on in the field (6) |
| MAR | Spoil, early on in the march (3) |
| ANSWESTRA | New Zealand photographer, author of the illustrated children's book Washday at the Pa (3,6) |
| AGING | Getting old, like some old hag in good time (5) |
| STRATEGY | Holy woman meets informer early on in Egypt with master plan (8) |
| ORIGAMI | Producing figures from paper early on in endless source (7) |
| NOH | Feature of Eliza Doolittle's speech early on in drama |
