| SAPLINGS | Greyhounds in their first year; or, Noel Streatfeild's novel (8) |
| FAWN | Deer in its first year; or, a brownish colour, darker than beige but lighter than taupe (4) |
| ELTON | John or Noel wandering round the East End (5) |
| HEADMASTER | The father of Jude Law or Noel Edmonds was one (10) |
| FRESHERS | Informal term for students in their first year at college or university (8) |
| FRESHMEN | A student, male or female, in their first year at university (8) |
| LEVERETS | Young hares, especially those in their first year (8) |
| FRESHMAN | US student in their first year (8) |
| VASHCHUK | Vladyslav ........ , Ukraine defender sent off against Spain in their first game of the 2006 FIFA World Cup (8) |
| SOLSTICE | From the Latin for "sun", either the shortest day of the year or its longest, when said star reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon (8) |
| FEBRUARY | Assembling bear fur took year, or part of it (8) |
| TAVULLIA | Eastern Italian town that in the last 20 years or so has been turned a certain shade of yellow. (8) |
| OLDTIMER | An elder, golden ager, stager, veteran, warhorse or other person advanced in years or experience (3-5) |
| SATURDAY | Unhappy about routine picked up over a year, or a lot less |
| LIFESPAN | 100 years or more, for a giant tortoise |
| WARRANTY | Dealership offer that might last for three years or thirty-six thousand miles |
| INLET | The first mechanically-operated ----- valve was reputedly used by Gipsy in their first car prototype in 1898 (5) |
| TEANECK | Town where the New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets played home games for their first year |
| SALFORDREDDEVILS | Rugby league club who lost 82-0 to St Helens last month in their first Super League fixture of the year (7,3,6) |
| ROCKYBALBOA | Loser to Apollo Creed in their first bout |
