| GRIERSON | John, Scottish film producer who was the first to use the term documentary (8) |
| PISCATOR | Erwin ___, German stage director who was the first to use the term 'epic theatre' (8) |
| CARLOPONTI | Italian film producer who was the husband of Sophia Loren (5,5) |
| EASTMAN | Film producer who was bad at names (7) |
| RUR | First play to use the term "robot" |
| NEVERSAYDYE | Always use the term "coloring agent"? |
| SCHEDULE | Schoolboy - first to use the French timetable (8) |
| THALBERG | Irving ___, American film producer who inspired F Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished novel The Last Tycoon (8) |
| WATERMAN | Pete, English record producer who was a judge on both series of Pop Idol (8) |
| UNCOMMON | First to use new area of public land. rare (8) |
| ASTRONOMY | Galileo was one of the first to use the telescope in this science of the stars |
| RUNCIMAN | John -, Scottish artist whose works include 1767 oil King Lear in the Storm (8) |
| PITCAIRN | Major John, Scottish marine officer killed in action at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775 (8) |
| UNDERAGE | First to use grenade badly - too young |
| ALDUSMANUTIUS | Italian printer and publisher (c1450-1515) who was the first to use small capitals and italics (5,8) |
| LISTER | Surname of the surgeon who was the first to use antiseptic treatment for wounds (6) |
| THISISLANDEARTH | 1955 sci-fi film that was one of the first to use Technicolor |
| MARSAIMARTIN | Producer who was the first cover star of Essence's Girls United |
| ARCH | Although used in ancient Mesopotamian brick architecture, the Romans were the first to use this shap |
| PIONEER | One who is the first to use or apply a new method or area of knowledge (7) |
