| OLDLAG | Record holder wanting first prize, missing first, left with silver (3,3) |
| LAG | Prisoner left with silver |
| ILL | Not well when it's first left with learner |
| EMBARK | Yank wanting first to secure business degree to get on board |
| DESIST | Man wanting first stop |
| EXTANT | Navigational aid, after taking the first left |
| REPENT | Having meant to turn first left, be sorry about (6) |
| PUBLIC | Drinking place first left in chaos affecting all people (6) |
| CLOTHE | Put covering on the cot he first left untidy (6) |
| PRIMAL | Affectedly precise and first left an original |
| LAMENT | Having meant to turn first left, be sorry about it |
| CLINAL | Crossword’s first left unbegun, conclusive of degrees of form |
| ARCHITECTURE | A scholar finally takes note at university session, wanting first in design subject (12) |
| BESTRIDE | Sit on horse, perhaps, wanting first-class journey (8) |
| READIEST | Most willing to study, I'll take exam, wanting first (8) |
| REDEPLOYMENT | Communist work wanting first male worker moved because of it? (12) |
| ITCH | Desire to marry, wanting first husband (4) |
| SAD | Small boy wanting first to lie down (3) |
| INDUS | Holi celebrants wanting first flower |
| ENTREPOT | Arsenal focus, wanting first trophy (8) |
