| NICKLAUS | Jack, U.S. ex-golfer who was the first person to win a triple career grand slam (8) |
| INDURAIN | Retired Spanish road cyclist who was the first person to win the Tour de France five consecutive times (8) |
| DRUMMOND | Scottish golfer who was the subject of Lawrence Donegan's Four Iron in the Soul (8) |
| LEEELDER | Golfer who was the first African-American to play in the Masters |
| IMMELMAN | Trevor ..., golfer who was the 2008 US Masters champion (8) |
| KEPPEL | Judith ___, the first person to win a million pounds on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (6) |
| GIBSON | Althea _, tennis player who was the first black person to win a Grand Slam title (6) |
| BOBCHARLES | New Zealand golfer who was the first left-hander to win a major: the 1963 Open Championship |
| HINGIS | Tennis: Who holds the record for the youngest person to win a Grand Slam singles title in the modern era (Australian Open 1997 aged 16 years, 117 days)? (6) |
| HAYES | Helen ---, American actress who was the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting (5) |
| RICHARD | ___ Rodgers composer with works like Oklahoma!' and The Sound of Music who was the first person to win the EGOT |
| HELENHAYES | American actress who was the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting - Oscar, Emmy and Tony awards (5,5) |
| KEROUAC | Jack, U.S. novelist and poet who was a leading figure in the Beat Generation (7) |
| JKROWLING | First person to win a Smarties Prize, for children's books, three years in a row |
| DALY | Fred ___, golfer who was the first Irishman to win the Open Championship (in 1947) (4) |
| COOPER | Which boxer was the first person to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award twice? (6) |
| COPPI | In 1949, Fausto ___ was the first person to win the 30A and Giro d'Italia in the same year |
| PARALLELBARS | In 1976, Sawao Kato of Japan became the first person to win a second Olympic gold medal on this gymnastic apparatus |
| DAVENPORT | Lindsay, U.S. ex-tennis player who won three Grand Slam women's singles titles (9) |
| LENDL | Ivan, Czech-U.S. ex-tennis player who coached Andy Murray to his first Wimbledon men's singles title in 2013 (5) |
