| PERSISTENT | Determined to be first in, present all wrapped up (10) |
| CANOFWORMS | Tinned bait, if opened, presents all sorts of difficulties (3,2,5) |
| SLIT | Opening presents, all bambini wept, ultimately (4) |
| SOLARFLARE | Wind far, all wrapped up in swelling burst of energy (5,5) |
| NEARMISSES | Girls mean to be first in flying incidents |
| APOCALYPSE | Dance where the last shall be first in mock revelation |
| PERSEVERES | Is determined to be a cut above others ultimately |
| REALISTIC | It's genuine to be first in charge, to be truthful (9) |
| PURPOSEFUL | Determined to be single-minded |
| TESTOFENDURANCE | One has to last to be first in this (4,2,9) |
| STAMPED | Got ready to post, to be first in the stampede! (7) |
| ENDURANCE | Test one has to last to be first in (9) |
| PUPA | Lasting from a few days to many months, it's the stage in a butterfly's life when he's all* wrapped up |
| COILEDSNAKE | He's all wrapped up in himself |
| PACKAGETOUR | Holiday one's all wrapped up in? |
| JACQUESINTHEBOX | 3-time French President Chirac all wrapped up and ready to go? |
| MUMMY | He's all wrapped up in himself |
| IVAN | He's all wrapped up in divans (4) |
| ABRAHAM | Solver's Last Hurrah rating: Mark's bound to be first in race (7) |
| TRENDSETTER | Course followed by gun dog to be first in the field (11) |
