| PALMSPRINGS | California city that, in 2018, became the first U.S. city to have an all-L.G.B.T. city council |
| QUEBEC | City that in France be by the sea, say (6) |
| RADIO | In 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to be broadcast over this |
| RICO | Puerto ___, which became the first U.S. commonwealth, July 25, 1952 |
| LUKA | Croatian footballer who in 2018 became the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win the Ballon d'Or in more than a decade (4,6) |
| MODRIC | Croatian footballer who in 2018 became the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win the Ballon d'Or in more than a decade (4,6) |
| LUKAMODRIC | Croatian footballer who in 2018 became the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win the Ballon d'Or in more than a decade |
| FAWCETT | Millicent, British suffragist leader who in 2018 became the first woman given a statue in London's Parliament Square (7) |
| SHEPHERD | But for being soft, would he have an all female flock? (8) |
| SWEARWORD | On paper, one may have an all-star substitute (5-4) |
| MEET | Have an all-hands |
| STLOUIS | First U.S. city to host the Olympics |
| STL | First U.S. city to host the Olympics (Abbr.) |
| DETROIT | First U.S. city to pave a road for cars |
| LA | California city that hosted the 1984 Games boycotted by the U.S.S.R, initials (2) |
| KEPU | Wallabies veteran who in 2018 became first prop to play 100 rugby union Tests for Australia (4) |
| JOHNFKENNEDY | The first U.S. president to be born and serve in the 20th century (4,1,7) |
| ROME | European capital that may have been the first city to have 1 million inhabitants |
| GLENN | John, the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the earth who later became a senator (5) |
| SKYLAB | The first U.S. space station, launched into Earth orbit on May 14, 1973. In July 1979 it entered the atmosphere, broke up, and scattered debris over the southeastern Indian Ocean and western Australia |
