| DELEON | Part of the first Puerto Rican governor's name |
| CORDERO | Angel who was the first Puerto Rican enshrined in the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame |
| BUTCHLEE | Basketball player who was the first Puerto Rican national to play in the NBA |
| JOSE | Cyrano de Bergerac lead who was the first Puerto Rican to win an Oscar, ___ Ferrer |
| CHICHIRODRIGUEZ | First Puerto Rican in the World Golf Hall of Fame |
| XXRODRIGUEZ | First Puerto Rican to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame |
| CHICHI | Nickname of Juan Antonio Rodriguez, first Puerto Rican and Hispanic in golf's World Hall of Fame (3,3) |
| RABBIAKIVA | Leading Jewish sage, a tanna, of the latter part of the first century CE (c.50135 CE) (5,5) |
| APRIL | Month, part of the first meteorological season in the Northern Hemisphere (5) |
| MAGELLAN | Ferdinand ---, Portuguese navigator who led part of the first expedition around the world (8) |
| WRIGHTWING | Part of the first airplane? |
| RADNER | Part of the first "SNL" cast |
| ARGO | Come close to part of the first night, at some stage (4) |
| ALDO | - - - Quaglio, prop who in 1958 was part of the first France team to beat South Africa, upset load (4) |
| TANNER | Haydn - - - , Welsh legend who in 1935 was part of the first club side, Swansea, to beat New Zealand (6) |
| SKI | ___ jumping was part of the 1st Winter Games (3) |
| NABOB | Governor's name on face of a discarded coin |
| HEIGHTEN | Governor's name securing crew one has to raise |
| SENATOR | Governor's name inscribed in throne with gold |
| CHRIS | Word that appears twice in a governor's name |
