| HOPMANCUP | In 1989 Czechoslovakia become the first winner of this tennis event held in Perth, Western Australia |
| HOPMAN | ...... Cup, 1989-2019 and 2023 international indoor tennis tournament held in Perth, Western Australia (6) |
| ANDREAGASSI | Open is the autobiography of this tennis player. (5,6) |
| EUROVISIONSONGCONTEST | Lys Assia was the first winner of this annual competition with Refrain in 1956 (10,4,7) |
| IDOL | Guy Sebastian was the first winner of this (Australian----) |
| STAW | Took in Perth, Western Australia, returning by steamboat after vacation |
| QUANT | Mary ____ was the first winner of the Dress of the Year award, in 1963 |
| SEOUL | South Korea's 2002 World Cup hopes were finally dashed in the semi-finals by Germany at the stadium in this city (though they had become the first Asian team to reach the final four) |
| CFCA | In 1922, the Star becomes a pioneer in broadcasting by establishing its own radio station _ _ _ _ ...and in 1923 it becomes the first radio station to broadcast a hockey game, launching the career of |
| WERENUMBERONE | What the winners of this year's March Madness basketball tournament can say; our theme entries show the round-by-round progression of the number of teams still in it |
| KELLYCLARKSON | US singer/songwriter, the first winner of American Idol in 2002 (5,8) |
| STREISAND | Actress and singer, the first winner of the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony), Barbra _ (9) |
| INDI | In which electoral division in 2019 did Helen Haines become the first independent in Australian history to succeed another independent in a federal seat? (4) |
| WIRELESS | 1903: The Star becomes the first newspaper in the history of Canadian journalism to use what newly invented technology? |
| EMPIREDAY | Annual event held in the first half of the 20th century on what was Queen Victoria's birthday (6,3) |
| SOMETHINGTOANSWERFOR | By PH Newby, the first winner of the Booker Prize |
| ARGENTINA | This country, Antarctica's closest neighbor, bolstered its territorial claim to the continent by having one of its citizens become the first person ever born there, on Jan. 7, 1978 |
| ARMSTRONG | Astronaut who commanded the space mission that enabled him to become the first person to walk on the moon (9) |
| YOUNG | Will _, beat Gareth Gates to become the first Pop Idol winner in 2002 (5) |
| NAOMIOSAKA | This tennis star represents Japan in the 2021 Olympics; by Japanese law she must relinquish U.S. citizenship to do so, but officials in Tokyo aren't pressing the issue |
