| ALPHA | Greek letter, used to denote the first in a series of items/categories (5) |
| EARLY | A word used to denote the first vegetables to crop, such as new potatoes (5) |
| PROTO | Combining form which denotes the first of a series |
| MEANS | Denotes the first person from topless divans |
| OMEGA | Greek letter used to denote the last entry in a series |
| URANO | From Greek for "heavens", a prefix used to denote the sky in various terms relating to astronomy (5) |
| THETA | Greek letter used to denote an angle in geometry |
| TEMPO | Word used to denote the pace at which a piece of music should be played (5) |
| ANDUP | Words often after the lowest-priced in a series of items |
| SIGMA | Greek letter used to represent standard deviation in statistics (5) |
| RANGE | A rank, row or series of items; a stretch of open country, such as that freely roved by a gamekeeper, hen, park warden, soldier or wanderer; or, a large stove for cooking (5) |
| LANDS | Often used to denote the length of Great Britain, from ... End to John o'Groats (4'1) |
| EPSILON | Greek letter used to denote the smallest of quantities (7) |
| BRINY | Colloquialism used to denote the sea (5) |
| BLADE | The first in a superhero series starring Wesley Snipes (5) |
| EULER | Mathematician who popularised notational conventions including i to denote the imaginary unit and e for the base of the natural logarithm (5) |
| BEAD | One of a series of items strung to form a necklace or a rosary; or, the edge of a pneumatic tyre that grips a wheel when inflated (4) |
| LETGO | Release the first in a construction toy game brand (3,2) |
| SUITE | Series of items (5) |
| BETA | Greek letter used to denote a version of computer software being tested under working conditions (4) |
