| DEWAR | Donald ---, the inaugural First Minister of Scotland (5) |
| DONALDDEWAR | The inaugural first minister of Scotland (6,5) |
| HENRY | And 1dn Second person to be First Minister of Scotland (5,2'5) (5) |
| YOUNG | Singer who was the winner of the inaugural series of Pop Idol, Will _ (5) |
| ICONS | The southern hemisphere won the inaugural - - - of Rugby golf tournament in 2018 (5) |
| HALAS | Coach who was in the inaugural class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| DONALD | Scotland's inaugural first minister, in office 1999-2000 (6,5) |
| BUTEHOUSE | Official residence of the First Minister of Scotland (4,5) |
| HAGEN | Captain of the inaugural U.S. Ryder Cup team |
| DELHI | Host city of the inaugural Asian Games in 1951 |
| CRAWL | After the inaugural, badly write text on a CNN screen (5) |
| PRYOR | Recipient of the inaugural Mark Twain Prize for American Humor |
| TYSIE | British boxer who is the inaugural British female superbantamweight champion, _ Gallagher (5) |
| MARSH | Leading run scorer for the Kings XI Punjab, he was also Orange Cap holder in the inaugural IPL in 2008 |
| SALMOND | First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP. (7) |
| MCLEISH | Second person to be First Minister of Scotland (5,2'5) |
| XRAYS | Discovery honored with the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics |
| FIRST | "I'm the inaugural commenter on this post!" |
| STURGEON | Nicola ---, leader of the Scottish National Party and First Minister of Scotland since 2014 (8) |
| NICOLA | First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP since November 2014 (6,8) |
