| MARKETRESEARCH | Blaze on tree betrayed exploration as the first step in advertising (6,8) |
| SPACE | Room for exploration as it appears between the lines (5) |
| BEATIFY | Declare to be blessed, as the first step to sainthood (7) |
| INITIATIVE | You should take this as the first step (10) |
| AFOOTINTHEDOOR | What travelling salespeople want as first step in objective? (1,4,2,3,4) |
| TAKEAHUGEWHISK | First step in doing a big, chancy clean-up job? |
| SILK | Spin control: The first step in the making of this luxurious fabric is worm's work |
| WARM | Summery, and the first step in this puzzle's ladder |
| STARTOFF | To make the first step in an activity; initiate (5,3) |
| LEAD | Cheap metal, and the first step in this puzzle's word chain |
| CRUMB | Thin layer of icing that is applied as a first step in cake decorating, _ coat (5) |
| SETTHEPACE | Ready to take the first step to lead off on the track (3,3,4) |
| POPSTHEQUESTION | Takes the first step on the way to matrimony |
| ASHORE | As an animal loses the first step on land... (6) |
| STAR | White blaze on a horse's forehead (4) |
| FORENZE | Blaze on headland with no main road to Italians' city (7) |
| BLESBOK | S African antelope with a white blaze on its forehead (7) |
| STARTURN | Headliner's first step in serving tea to crowd? (4,4) |
| STARTINGPOST | Marker of course shows first step in one's career? |
| TODDLE | Take the first step by starting letter with theologian to the French (6) |
