| EARLIEST | Peer I briefly estimate to be the first to arrive (8) |
| TACKIEST | Nail I estimate to be in poorest taste (8) |
| CUTEST | Reduce estimate to be as attractive as possible (6) |
| ITCHES | Witch estimates, to some extent, it needs to be scratched (6) |
| MELASWEN | ABRAHAM CARVER WAS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE HERE AFTER TANGLING WITH THE SALEM STALKER |
| DISCOVER | To be the first to find or find out about (8) |
| OUTSTARE | Don't be the first to drop the lids |
| AREACODE | Be the first to dial an ode to a care-worker (4,4) |
| ADELAIDE | Queen, first to arrive, slowed down for an audience |
| EARLYBIRD | One of the first to arrive might be the archaeopteryx? (5,4) |
| ELDEST | Turns up, it's time to take notice around Donegal of the first to arrive (6) |
| ADAM | Such a mad man was the first to arrive here (4) |
| SCOTT | WWT Slimbridge founder who designed the WWF panda logo and created the IUCN red list; an Olympic sailing medallist whose father died attempting to be the first to reach the South Pole (5) |
| EERIE | Some peer I expect to be weird (5) |
| LED | Was just about to be the first to cross the finish line |
| BARONET | Peer I noticed in pub, tiddly to start with |
| PYE | Any peer I move becomes traffic reporter on The Simpsons (5,3) |
| ARNIE | Any peer I move becomes traffic reporter on The Simpsons (5,3) |
| HOLDTHERECORD | Be the first to carry article relating to a list of offences (4,3,6) |
| ACCOST | Be the first to speak to company in cast-change (6) |
