| EDERLE | Gertrude ___, the first woman to swim the English Channel |
| CHANNEL | In 1926 American Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the English ... (in nearly two hours less than the previous record) |
| WEBB | Matthew -, 1848-1883, the first man to swim the English Channel (4) |
| SEN | Mihir_: first Indian to swim the English Channel? |
| SUSIE | Fastest female to swim the two-way English Channel crossing, ... Maroney |
| ENGLISHCHANNEL | Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim this in 1926, knocking two hours off the men's record |
| THEREDSEA | On Oct. 12, Dr. Mariam Saleh bin Laden became the first woman to swim from Saudi Arabia to Egypt, crossing part of this body of water |
| MANTEL | Hilary ___, the first woman to win the Booker Prize twice, for the novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies |
| ASTOR | Nancy ___, the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons |
| KEITH | Vicki __ ( First person to swim the five Great Lakes) |
| ARGENT | He's trying, again, to swim the channel with Wes Nelson (5,6) |
| JAMES | He's trying, again, to swim the channel with Wes Nelson (5,6) |
| ANDERSON | Elizabeth Garrett _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , the first woman in the UK to qualify as a professional doctor in 1865 (8) |
| OTTO | Swimmer Kristin ___, the first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympics |
| PITMAN | Jenny _, the first woman to train a Grand National winner (6) |
| AQUINO | Corazon ___, the first woman president of the Philippines |
| BELL | Gertrude ___, 10 whose books include The Desert and the Sown (1907) (4) |
| TYMOSHENKO | Yulia ___, the first woman Prime Minister of Ukraine |
| STEIN | Another name for the Chenin blanc grape, or Gertrude ___, author? (5) |
| STREAM | The rest swim, the morning after, in the brook (6) |
