| ULRIC | German prelate who was the first person to be |
| LAUD | William --, English prelate who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645 (4) |
| MORTON | Prelate who was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1486 (6) |
| ANGELA | Bassett who was the first person to be nominated for an Oscar for acting in a Marvel movie |
| ROLLS | Which motoring pioneer was the first person to be killed in an aeroplane crash in the UK? (7,5) |
| CHARLES | Which motoring pioneer was the first person to be killed in an aeroplane crash in the UK? (7,5) |
| ABEL | He was the first person to be late! (4) |
| BENEDICT | ___ XVI, German-born prelate who succeeded John Paul II as Pope in 2005 (8) |
| FISHER | Geoffrey --, 1887-1972, prelate who became Archbishop of Canterbury (6) |
| COSMO | -- Gordon Lang, Scottish prelate who became Archbishop of Canterbury (5) |
| LANFRANC | Italian prelate who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1070 (8) |
| ROPESIN | Enlists awkward person, the first person to be nabbed (5,2) |
| NOAH | In the King James Bible, the first person to be "drunken" |
| PAINTS | Slaps on the first person to be wearing the trousers (6) |
| KNOXJOHNSTON | Surname of the British sailor who was the first person to perform a single-handed, nonstop circumnavigation of the globe (4-8) |
| NYAD | Diana who was the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of shark protection (2013) |
| RICHARD | ___ Rodgers composer with works like Oklahoma!' and The Sound of Music who was the first person to win the EGOT |
| DARWIN | In about 1840, which naturalist was the first person to add wheeled legs to a chair, the precursor of the modern office chair? (7,6) |
| ARMSTRONG | Astronaut who was the first person to walk on the Moon, Neil _ (9) |
| GOLDMEDALLIST | First person to be honoured in the Olympics |
