| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Sat, Oct 29, 2022 | 38A | When some morning shows start | Daniel Okulitch | Shortz |
| Sun, Apr 04, 2021 | 107D | Paper route hour, maybe | Angela Olson Halsted and Doug Peterson | Shortz |
| Tue, Dec 04, 2018 | 22D | Schoolteacher's wake-up time, perhaps | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
| Wed, Jan 24, 2018 | 2D | It comes a quarter of the way into the day | Kathy Wienberg | Shortz |
| Sat, Oct 26, 2013 | 9D | When hands are extended straight up and down | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
| Fri, Aug 13, 2010 | 35A | Midpoint of morning watch | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
| Mon, Jun 28, 2010 | 34A | Early morning hour | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
| Tue, May 26, 2009 | 43A | When some morning news programs begin | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
| Wed, Nov 07, 2007 | 43A | Early time to rise | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
| Mon, Nov 04, 2002 | 32A | Alarm clock setting, perhaps | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 06, 2000 | 41A | Alarm time, for some | Richard Hughes | Shortz |