| CHRISTIANITY | Faith - John Bunyan's hero gets it the first year (12) |
| PILGRIM | Bunyan's hero, devout student, dour (7) |
| THREEOFAKIND | Amazing feat - hero gets generous hand |
| SLOUGHOFDESPOND | Deep bog lying between the City of Destruction and the Wicket Gate in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) (6,2,7) |
| PROGRESS | John Bunyan's tale of 'everyman' Christian making his way to the right path, The Pilgrim's ... |
| VANITYFAIR | Year-long festival founded by 'Beezlebub, Apollyon and Legion' in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) (6,4) |
| GIANT | Owner of Doubting Castle in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (5,7) |
| DESPAIR | Owner of Doubting Castle in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (5,7) |
| HOPEFUL | Companion of Christian in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (7) |
| ONEAD | The first year of the First Millennium |
| SAYNOMORE | "I got it the first time" |
| OKAYOKAY | 'I heard it the first time!' |
| HULU | Where to watch "ShÅgun" if you missed it the first time |
| RAT | Is it the first one to desert a sinking ship |
| EZRA | It begins "In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia..." |
| DAN | First name from the first year of "SNL" |
| STY | In the first year, it can do with cleaning up (3) |
| TAWNY | The owl will want to shift by the first year (5) |
| TOHRU | Ukawa-san, factory HRC man in the first year of the Motogp era. (5) |
| STUDY | Contemplate the boss over the first year (5) |
