| HEADRAT | Nigel Farage has been called this, for being the first to leave a 'sinking ship' (4,3) |
| MEP | Nigel Farage has been one since 1999 |
| STATICS | First to leave a mathematical science for a mechanical one (7) |
| ELBOW | Jean-phillipe Ruggia is famously credited for being the first to get this down. (5) |
| SWAMMERDAM | Dutch naturalist, biologist and microscopist noted for his study on bees and for being the first per |
| LAST | Position of first to leave a tournament* |
| ABANDONSHIP | Leave a sinking vessel |
| MAHMOUD | Iraqi striker known for being the youngest player ever to play for Iraq's national team and the team's captain for ten consecutive years. He retired in 2016 as a member of Iraq's Premier League club A |
| ANTIOCH | Seleucus I Nicator founded this city, which has been called the "cradle of Christianity" (7) |
| BAILOUT | Term meaning to clear a sinking ship of water by means of a bucket or ladle; escape an aircraft via an emergency parachute jump; rescue financially; save from a predicament; or, abandon an engagement |
| CROQUET | A one-off Olympic sport at the 1900 Paris games, credited with being the first event in which women participated (7) |
| ROSWELL | US city known for being the site of a supposed UFO crash-landing in 1947 (7) |
| SEXIEST | No prison for expressionist for being the most attractive (7) |
| PLACEBO | Northwich-born musician Steve Hewitt is best known for being the drummer with this band, who scored Top Ten albums with Without You I'm Nothing and Black Market Music (7) |
| TITANIC | DiCaprio's movie about a sinking ship |
| BLASTED | Severely criticised for being the biggest night owl, figuratively (7) |
| LOOSEST | For being the slackest, toss Leo out (7) |
| EUROMPS | Politicians of whom Nigel Farage was once one? (4-3) |
| BARRISTER | A lawyer who has been called to the bar, qualified to plead in the higher courts (9) |
| ZEPPELIN | The one that ended in disaster was the first to leave the band (8) |
