| PRIMED | Briefed on the first day |
| PUTINTHEPICTURE | Briefed on Russian version of Trump - the Movie! (3,2,3,7) |
| ZENTRUM | President briefed on Japanese school in Berlin's 22 |
| PASCHALLAMB | In the Old Testament, the young sheep killed and eaten on the first day of the Passover (7,4) |
| NEWYEAR | In the Chinese calendar this will occur on the first day of the first lunar month (3,4) |
| RATED | Assessed the speed needed on the first day (5) |
| LET | God's first word on the first day |
| APRILFOOL | Any victim of a prank played on the first day of the fourth month (5,4) |
| WATTLE | The acacia plant celebrated in Australia on the first day of Spring |
| DANGER | On the first day, get cross about the risk involved (6) |
| SITED | Spotted, we're told, on location, on the first day (5) |
| SEEMED | Appeared to keep an eye on me on the first day (6) |
| INCENSED | Was angry about the use of fragrant fumes on the first day (8) |
| DRAGS | Pulls a shot deer off the hill on the first day with clothes in tatters (5) |
| DREWBLOOD | What the vampires did on the first day of art class? |
| PEAR | The fruit mentioned - "On the First Day of Christmas' song (4) |
| ASH | The Ai ligature; an oleaceous tree bearing bunches of keys; cinders, such as those traditionally sprinkled on the first day of Lent; or, a pallid hue (3) |
| FORRESTSELBOW | Downhill left-hander at Bathurst's Mount Panorama, named after a rider who ground down a body part there on the first day of practice at the venue. (8,5) |
| PEARTREE | Where one of the Partridge family may be found on the first day of Christmas? (4,4) |
| CALENDAR | Word for a book of accounts due on the first day of a Roman month originally, later an almanac, chart, diary or other system of divisions of the year (8) |
