| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| EARLIER | Sooner | |
| LATER | Sooner or ... | |
| EVENTUALLY | Sooner or later | |
| ERE | Before; sooner than. | |
| RATHER | Earlier; sooner; before. | |
| OR | Ere; before; sooner than. | |
| PREDECEASE | To die sooner than. | |
| EXPEDITE | Make (a process) happen sooner | |
| BEFORE | Earlier; sooner than; until then. | |
| SOMETIME | Sooner or later, get a prison sentence? | |
| SOIL | To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones. | |
| -ER | A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier. | |