Possible Clues:

• Four at Henley somewhat eager
• Almost a bit blooming early
• That's a blooming early male rodent
• That's blooming early for one heart
• That might be the blooming 24 across, miserable male
• Blooming early enough for a miserable male?
• The sort of heart that makes you blooming early
• It's himself that's miserable and blooming early
• That male 14 down is blooming early
• Blossoming or ripening early in the season