| PEGGY | American folk singer whom Ewan MacColl wrote The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face for and later married (5,6) |
| SEEGAR | American folk singer whom Ewan MacColl wrote The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face for and later married (5,6) |
| GUMTREE | Eurabbie, marri, or tuart, for example (3,4) |
| ANGOTTI | Lou ___ played for and later coached both the Blues and Penguins |
| MASK | You might wear this on your face for Halloween (4) |
| SPECS | Pair on your face, for short |
| LAMMIE | Andrew ___, folk song that is Child Ballad 233, versions of which have been recorded by The Boys of the Lough, Ewan MacColl, Martin Simpson and Kate Rusby |
| KIRSTY | Singer-songwriter daughter of Ewan MacColl (6) |
| DIRTYOLDTOWN | Classic Ewan MacColl song (5,3,4) |
| ROBERTAFLACK | American singer best known for her singles The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly with His Song (7,5) |
| FLACK | Roberta ___, American singer whose hit singles include The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly with His Song |
| ROBERTA | ___ Flack, singer who had hits with The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Tonight I Celebrate My Love (7) |
| FIRST | "The ___ Time Ever I Saw Your Face" |
| THEFIRST | '___ Time Ever I Saw Your Face' |
| SAW | Roberta Flack classic, "The First Time Ever I ... Your Face" (3) |
| TIME | "The First ___ Ever I Saw Your Face" |
| OCEAN | "I was standing by the _ _ _ _ _ when I saw your face", from New Order's "Touched By The Hand Of God" (3) |
| MADHYAPRADESH | The team that beat Mumbai to clinch the Ranji Trophy for the first time ever. (6,7) |
| ROME | In which city were the first-ever Paralympic games held, which also marked the first time ever that such events coincided? (4) |
| ITALY | Which European country qualified for the 2026 T20 World Cup for the first time ever? (5) |
