| AROOMOFONESOWN | Circulated soon, for a woman, first half of Woolf's essay (1,4,2,4,3) |
| CLARISSA | First name of Woolf's Mrs Dalloway (8) |
| NIN | "I am a woman first of all" source |
| NEE | In one essay a woman's first surname is to be indicated (3) |
| MACAW | Graduate on about a woman's first parrot (5) |
| EASTERLY | Wind set to change, too soon for a mask? (8) |
| BUDDY | Like producing flowers soon for a friend? |
| EARLIER | Much too soon for a British nobleman - that's right |
| ADAMEVE | ... and ... - first man, first woman, first pub (it is claimed) in Norwich (4, 3) |
| LAWSUIT | Case for the French woman's first set of clothes (7) |
| DISHEVELLED | Attractive woman, first one with depression over having a bad hair day? (11) |
| THERAPIST | Bitten by bug, the woman first finds provider of treatment (9) |
| ERELONG | ... soon, for example, about half London may be engulfed (7) |
| YEARLY | End of July, too soon for annual (6) |
| SUNDOWN | Loose woman's first to break up partners at the end of the day (7) |
| AWE | Wonder Woman's first admitted to A & E |
| WHELP | Woman's first to assist a youngster (5) |
| COCKCROW | Prepare to fire ugly woman first thing? |
| JEZEBEL | Scheming woman, first person from France and Belize possibly I avoided (7) |
| TOETHELINE | Woman, first person in mood to conform (3,3,4) |
