| ATHELSTAN | King of Wessex and Mercia who eventually became the first English king (9) |
| MUGABE | African politician who eventually became President of Zimbabwe, Robert ... |
| KINGPAIR | Sam Curran became the first English cricketer to get this at Lord's in the Second Test against India in August 2021 |
| BATH | Who became the first English club to win rugby's European Champions Cup in 1998? (4) |
| ETHELBERT | King of Kent (c552-616), the first English king to convert to Christianity (9) |
| ETHELREDI | King who succeeded his brother Ethelbert as King of Wessex and Kent in 865 |
| CLARENDON | 1st Earl of -; title of Edward Hyde, chief advisor to Charles I during the First English Civil War who was Chancellor of Oxford University from 1660-67 (9) |
| STERNDALE | Composer and conductor William ____ Bennett led the first English performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion in 1854 |
| ALJAZEERA | The first English language news channel based in the Middle East, with studios both in London and Doha (2,7) |
| THEGREAT | King of Wessex and overlord of England who defeated the Danes in 878 (6,3,5) |
| ALFRED | King of Wessex and overlord of England who defeated the Danes in 878 (6,3,5) |
| TIMHENMAN | The first English tennis player to reach a Wimbledon semi-final after Roger Taylor in 1973 |
| EXHIPPIES | What some Woodstock attendees eventually became |
| POLYPHEMUS | In Greek mythology, the most famous of the Cyclopes (one-eyed giants), son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and the nymph Thoosa. He captured Odysseus and his 12 companions, who eventually blinded him. Wh |
| EGBERT | King of Wessex and England who died in 839 (6) |
| CHARLES | The first English king of this name was crowned in 1625 (7) |
| OFFA | King of Mercia who constructed a 150-mile earthen barrier between Wales and Mercia in the late 8th century (4) |
| PURCELL | Baroque musician dubbed "Orpheus Britannicus" who became the organist for Westminster Abbey around the age of 20 and composed the first English opera, Dido and Aeneas (7) |
| JOHNFLORIO | Author of the first English translation of Boccacio, and the first comprehensive Italian-English dictionary (1598) |
| EPIGONI | In Greek mythology, the descendants of the Seven against Thebes, who eventually captured and destroyed the city |
