| MONEYFORNOTHING | 1985 song by Dire Straits whose music video was the first to be played on MTV Europe (1 August 1987) (5,3,7) |
| INARMS | Brothers - -; 1985 song by Dire Straits on their album of the same name (2,4) |
| DESPACITO | 2017 chart-topping hit whose YouTube video was the first to reach 3 billion views |
| BTS | Group whose "Butter" video was the fastest to reach 100 million views on YouTube (2021) |
| APRILFOOLSDAY | The first to be played a prank on (5,5,3) |
| PAWN | Chess piece that's often the first to be played |
| LAMMAS | In the Catholic Church, feast held on 1 August, commemorating St Peter's deliverance from prison (6) |
| WHALESOF | "The ___ ___ August"; 1987 Bette Davis movie |
| WHALES | 'The -- of August', 1987 film starring Bette Davis (6) |
| BURNINGDESIRE | Lana Del Rey's song from her third EP Paradise whose music video was released on Valentine's Day in 2013: 2 wds. |
| WATERSLIDE | Janelle Monae song whose music video was released on July 7 |
| INTHERAIN | Song by The Move that was the first single to be played on BBC Radio 1 when the station was launched in 1967 (7,2,3,4) |
| FLOWERS | Song by The Move that was the first single to be played on BBC Radio 1 when the station was launched in 1967 (7,2,3,4) |
| BUGGLES | Which group's Video Killed the Radio Star was the first video played on MTV? (7) |
| NOTHING | Money For ____, song by Dire Straits released in 1985 (7) |
| THEBUGGLES | Their "Video Killed the Radio Star" was the first clip ever played on MTV |
| RADIO | Video Killed the ___ Star (the first video played on MTV) |
| SULTANS | ____ Of Swing, song by Dire Straits released in 1978 (7) |
| MONEY | ___ For Nothing, song by Dire Straits (5) |
| HARDSHIP | Musical instrument consuming one of those in The Police on successful song briefly produced by Dire Straits (8) |
