| SETHROGEN | First winner of the Canadian Comedy Awards' Person of the Year (2008) |
| FRANKSHUSTER | Other half of the Canadian comedy team that often appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show |
| OFFICE | The ___, BBC series that won Best TV Comedy prize at the 2002 British Comedy Awards (6) |
| QUANT | Mary ____ was the first winner of the Dress of the Year award, in 1963 |
| MATTHEWS | Stanley ........ , first winner of the European Footballer of the Year award (8) |
| CHATAWAY | Christopher ........ , first winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award (8) |
| IDOL | Kelly Clarkson was the first winner of the hit singing competition American ___ |
| SOMETHINGTOANSWERFOR | By PH Newby, the first winner of the Booker Prize |
| STREISAND | Actress and singer, the first winner of the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony), Barbra _ (9) |
| HOWE | First winner of the NHL Lifetime Achievement Award |
| SCOTT | Australia's first winner of the US Masters; Adam ... (5) |
| KARISEEDEN | First winner of The Voice, in 2012 (6,4) |
| NICOLA | ___ Roberts, Girls Aloud star and first winner of The Masked Singer (pictured) (6) |
| RONTGEN | Wilhelm, first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 (7) |
| DUNE | First winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, 1965 |
| ABBA | Quartet that was Sweden's first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest |
| LEANNE | First winner of The Voice UK, _ Mitchell (6) |
| HOPMANCUP | In 1989 Czechoslovakia become the first winner of this tennis event held in Perth, Western Australia |
| CURIE | Marie who was the first winner of two Nobel Prizes |
| TONY | The first winner of I'm A Celebrity, _ Blackburn (4) |