| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| EARLY | Before time | |
| EARLIER | Before time | |
| THERETOFORE | Before the time | |
| PREMATURELY | Before the right time | |
| TWILIGHT | Time just before night | |
| PRECEDED | Came before in time | |
| PREDATED | Came before in time | |
| LENT | Time period before Easter | |
| ANTERIOR | Before in time; antecedent. | |
| THEREBIFORN | Before that time; beforehand. | |
| BOYCOTT | Avoid adolescent before bed time | |
| ALREADY | Before the time in question | |
| YEARLY | Per annum but why before time? | |
| PREVENT | To come before the usual time. | |
| ANTEMOSAIC | Being before the time of Moses. | |
| FORETIME | The past; the time before the present. | |
| ESCALATE | Step up troubling case before getting behind time | |
| ANTEDATE | To anticipate; to make before the true time. | |
| FOREDATE | To date before the true time; to antendate. | |
| MISCARRY | To bring forth young before the proper time. | |
| EREWHILES | Some time ago; a little while before; heretofore. | |
| ANTEDILUVIAL | Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time. | |
| SOON | Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early. | |
| RATHE | Coming before others, or before the usual time; early. | |
| BEYOND | At a place or time not yet reached; before. | |