| PLACED | Many pedal furiously to be among the first three (6) |
| TAKEPLACE | Happen to be among the first three (4,5) |
| LEAPDAY | Pedal furiously to reach a gallery finally - it doesnt come around often (4,3) |
| ADOPT | Peer at sticky end of amphibian and choose to be among the first to pick up (5,2,5) |
| EARLYTO | Peer at sticky end of amphibian and choose to be among the first to pick up (5,2,5) |
| LAPSED | Pedal furiously, steering clear of small void (6) |
| ORGANS | Instruments with many pedals |
| SHOEGAZE | Dreamy rock genre so-called because of the guitarists' tendencies to focus on their many pedals on the floor |
| SCHOOL | Where to learn to be among the sharks (6) |
| BEHEST | Order ambassador to be among the most superior (6) |
| PLUNGE | Having a breather, among the first of the performers to dive (6) |
| CAPRIS | I scrap furiously to get trousers (6) |
| RISERS | They're among the first to stop lying (5,6) |
| CARUSO | Enrico -, Italian tenor who was among the first to make gramophone records (6) |
| TITLED | Fool was among the first with a peerage? (6) |
| TVSETS | What taverns were among the first to buy |
| RUBENS | Artist could be among the scorers at cricket (6) |
| CHANCE | Happen to be among one's rich ancestors (6) |
| ANNIKA | Golfer Sorenstam, who was among the first women to become honorary members of St Andrews golf club i |
| OCEAN | Is too large to be among the last three of those (5) |
