| ELSA | One of two Disney characters singing "For the First Time in Forever" |
| LEA | ___ Salonga, actor who provided the singing voice of two Disney characters |
| ANNA | She's Elsa's "Frozen" sister who sang "For the First Time in Forever" |
| DALE | One of two chipmunks created as Disney characters in 1943 (4) |
| NANETTE | Title character singing in the "Tea for Two" duet |
| MALONE | Gareth _, choirmaster who returned in the BBC series The Choir: Singing For Britain (6) |
| POOH | Bear who starred in two Disney animated features in 1977 and 2011 |
| SQUASH | Sport which will be in the Olympics for the first time in 2028, one of the optional sports (6) |
| BLUEDRAGON | Common name for a colourful sea-slug which, though common in the Atlantic Ocean, was spotted for the first time in centuries in the waters around Mallorca earlier this year (4-6) |
| TIGERS | The number of these big cats living in the wild rose for the first time in a century in 2016 |
| HONORARIA | Taking up drama or a bit of singing for small payments |
| LEN | Under the captaincy of ... Hutton, England won back the Ashes for the first time in 20 years in 1953 |
| ALANA | Actor in Forever who played Jo Martinez. (First name) |
| HIRSCH | Alex Rieger in Taxi and Abe Morgan in Forever, Judd ... (6) |
| ICE | Disney on __, touring show with dancing Disney characters (3) |
| LIFEPEER | Person with honour, one that's in forever, possessing go (4,4) |
| DIVEBAR | Place that hasn't changed the taps in forever, likely |
| DWARFS | Disney characters creating conflict in furniture store (6) |
| STROPHIC | Caledonian going round tourist centre with Greek character singing verses to the same tune (8) |
| TALENTS | Acting and singing, for two |
