| COUGH | Hack is caught looting first from the necessary |
| ABORIGINE | Latin term meaning "from the very first, from the source" (2,7) |
| SMELLARAT | Couple of lines in Grease, the first from the lead Travolta, is suspect (5,1,3) |
| WIGGINS | Winner of multiple medals, this cyclist was the first from the United Kingdom to win the Tour de France |
| CLIMB | Scale for commissioner - the first from The Branch (5) |
| LUCKYYOU | Lightning Seeds single of 1994, the first from the album Jollification |
| TURBAN | Head covering, the first from the city (6) |
| GETTHECHOP | Solve 'the hack is to be fired' (3,3,4) |
| ROCKDJ | 2000 Robbie Williams single, the first from the album Sing When You're Winning |
| AMAJORI | Beethoven's seventh key, first from the greater (1,6) |
| MORALIST | There's a lesson to be learned first from the philosopher (8) |
| LEVER | Always left first from the bar? |
| STARTLED | Shaken to have been first from the beginning (8) |
| CAPEVERDE | Green European cloak first from the islands |
| GOBACKTOWORK | Local mouth with headless hack is too vocal for Labour after lunch advice from employers to workers |
| BEADIER | Brighter, keener hack is keeping pass on |
| SQUARECUT | e.g. New York Times hack is shot |
| BEAR | Hack is an ill-mannered person |
| HORSESHOE | Hack is shown over Oxford, possibly? Lucky thing |
| DARKHORSE | Shady hack is an unlikely winner (4,5) |
