| PRIMARILY | In the first place, mainly |
| SAUGEPARTY | 2016 comedy that takes place mainly in a supermarket |
| PLANT | In the first place, left a good book in the foundry (5) |
| FORSTARTERS | In the first place, the novices' event is |
| MAINLY | Male bounding first is in the first place (6) |
| ISTHMI | In the first place, high road provides solid links to the mainland (6) |
| OUTIE | Homeless person in Durban, 22, joined up in the first place! |
| BREEZEBLOCKS | Bars windy type, in the first place, from The House (6,6) |
| LEASHED | In the first place, she is attached to the owner (7) |
| THINGUMMYBOB | Gizmo you never knew the name of in the first place |
| STRIKEGOLD | Hit the jackpot in the first place after industrial action (6,4) |
| FRENCH | Adrift in the first place, tie it away somewhere up in Europe (6,4) |
| ALPS | Adrift in the first place, tie it away somewhere up in Europe (6,4) |
| ARCHAIC | Very old support for aqueduct, for example, based on first-class construction in the first place (7) |
| ORIGINALLY | One drink taken in by mouth in the first place (10) |
| THERED | "And without those beans ___ have been no stalk to get up to the giants in the first place!" |
| FIRSTOFF | In the first place |
| BEFOREANYTHINGELSE | In the first place |
| ADAM | One there in the first place |
| LOSERS | They'll never show up in the first place |
