| ONTHEQT | May perhaps, first off, question opening film, secretly |
| SQUEAMISH | Delicate question opening petition on US sect |
| INCAMERA | Where one puts the film secretly (2,6) |
| HATCHET | Opening film involving axe (7) |
| TAKEONE | Opening film shot. Have a sample. (4,3) |
| FADINGIN | Finding a possible opening film device (6,2) |
| WILDER | Oscar, perhaps, first for renowned film director (6) |
| DIPLOMAT | Perhaps first secretary's graduation certificate, first of three (8) |
| PREADAMITE | One of the first people (perhaps first) to study a parasite (3-7) |
| STATIONER | Queen Victoria perhaps first seen in shop (9) |
| PRIMATES | Monkeys, perhaps, first group to withdraw (8) |
| JAMIE | Oliver perhaps, first person to entertain friend in France |
| PLANET | Mercury, perhaps, first of elements used in factory |
| ALIBI | A defence for which I get bail perhaps first |
| DESSERT | Fool perhaps first to swim into strand (7) |
| HEIR | Perhaps first-born's voice heard |
| ORDINAL | Perhaps first or second of animals entering ring |
| CHIMERA | Fancy doorbell, perhaps: first class |
| HORSEWOMAN | Eventer, perhaps, first to withdraw in husky-sounding state |
| CLAPTRAP | Mug, perhaps first to applaud rubbish |
