| ASPIRATION | Desire excessively good helping when going first (10) |
| TOPMOST | Supreme leader, covered by "Excessively good man" |
| ASSISTANT | One helping when small is met with heartless jeer (9) |
| SAGO | Has a good helping of pudding (4) |
| REMODELLED | It's about mannequin going first to get changed (10) |
| MAINTAINED | Kept going first, in date order (10) |
| ABSOLUTELY | Sure to buy and sell supply, article going first (10) |
| RESTORERS | They reconstruct things when sorer about the others going first |
| LEADER | One in front, going first or guiding the way, whether a carriage horse, chief, maestro, newspaper article, pacemaker, pioneer, principal first violinist, senior barrister, sled dog, tour guide, trailb |
| CARESS | Pet Sematary's top minds going first (6) |
| INTHEVAN | Where the deliveryman might be going first |
| EPONYMOUS | Giving name to a couple of animals, last going first (9) |
| PLEADING | Appealing to Penny, who's going first |
| SUGGEST | Call to mind guests" arrangement about going first (7) |
| HAWAII | High-flyer missed the final going first-class to one state (6) |
| OBLATION | Offering nothing in classical language, alumnus going first |
| BREAKING | Going first at snooker |
| DIGEST | News magazine is in French - fancy going first? |
| LINSEED | Spooner's vice? Going first to source oil |
| LEADINGLIGHT | Influential person going first, cheerful |
