Related Clues:

• Heading off very much in advance
• Like an eager 'bird'
• Like an eager "bird"
• Very much forgetting day in the remote past
• Not just punctual
• Almost having taken head off, order dismissal
• Ancient, a little like an aristocrat?
• Arriving as scheduled
• Before it's due
• Before the due date, say
• ___ voting
• Academician raised in fenland city in distant past
• Individual with German backing for investment? Not subsequently
• In before the bell
• Almost heading off too soon