| BAKR | Abu-___ (1st caliph of Islam) |
| ABU | ___ Bakr, the first caliph of Islam |
| ABUBAKR | The first caliph of Islam after the Prophet Muhammad (3,4) |
| ALI | E fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites (3) |
| UMAR | Second caliph of Sunni Islam |
| MECCA | Place of pilgrimage first caliph came round to (5) |
| OMAYYAD | A caliph of the dynasty ruling from 661 to 750 AD from its capital at Damascus |
| GAUNT | John of _, 1st Duke of Lancaster; father of Henry IV (5) |
| LOUISBOTHA | Boer War general,_ _ 1st prime minister of the Union of South Africa (5,5) |
| BYRON | John ___, 1st Baron, the leader of Royalist forces against the Parliamentarians in the 1644 Battle of Nantwich during the First English Civil War (5) |
| CECIL | Robert _, 1st Earl of Salisbury, discoverer of the Gunpowder Plot (5) |
| MONCK | George _, 1st Duke of Albermarle, who played a crucial role in the Restoration of 1660 (5) |
| NYERERE | Julius _, 1st president of Tanzania (7) |
| MORTIMER | Roger _, 1st Earl of March who deposed Edward II (8) |
| ARMSTRONGJONES | Antony ___-___, 1st Earl of Snowdon (9-5) |
| ARMSTRONG | Antony _-_, 1st Earl of Snowdon, photographer married to Princess Margaret from 1960 to 1978 (9-5) |
| JONES | Antony _-_, 1st Earl of Snowdon, photographer married to Princess Margaret from 1960 to 1978 (9-5) |
| IDIOT | Janet ___, 1st woman to race in Indy 500 |
| BETHELL | Richard ___, 1st Baron Westbury, Lord Chancellor from 1861-65 (7) |
| PHILLIPS | Bill _____(1st Canuck baseball major leaguer) |
