Opposite of late (5)
I believe the answer is:
early
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">opposite of late</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('early' is the opposite to 'late')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for early that I've seen before include "Before the ETA" , "before anyone else?" , "Infancy, when Wordsworth had 5 across of 5 down" , "Before appointed time" , "Before the usual time" .)