| OLDTESTAMENT | First part of the Bible |
| MATE | Friend, as in the centre of the first part of the name of this magazine! (4) |
| ATE | Eaten, as in the middle of the first part of the name of this magazine! (3) |
| ONCEUPONATIMEIN | Phrase that, when preceded by the first parts of the four theme entries, creates the name of the entertainment in the parenthesis |
| HORSERACE | What the puzzle's title refers to; the first parts of the starred entries, in clue order, give the order of the top three finishers |
| VIOLET | Shade of a colour associated with royalty; or, the first part of the name of Mr and Mrs Bott's daughter in Just William (6) |
| WARDROBE | First part of the Narnia series, The Lion, the Witch and the -------- (8) |
| ALLOT | Distribute the whole first part of the Bible (5) |
| ZIS | What would have been the first part of the title of Sue Grafton's last alphabet book (two words) |
| STRAW | Dried grain stalks make the first part of the subject of this week's Miscellany! (5) |
| ATHROB | Moving rhythmically while analysing Torah (the first part of the Bible) (6) |
| OUST | Like, in the first part of the Bible, a house in Kent? (4) |
| GLENCRUTCHERYROAD | First part of the address of the startline for that large racetrack on a famous island. (13,4) |
| DUODENUM | First part of the small intestine, roughly the breadth of twelve fingers in length (8) |
| DANTESINFERNO | Term used for the first part of the epic poem 'The Divine Comedy' (6,7) |
| TABLEMANNERS | Alan Ayckbourn play that is the first part of the trilogy The Norman Conquests (5,7) |
| PROPERTY | The Man of _, first part of The Forsyte Saga (8) |
| BUILDUP | Create high expectations for, or an apt description of the first part of the answer to each starred clue |
| MARTHA | She will spoil the first part of the laughter |
| DUODENAL | In the first part of the small intestine (8) |
