| NIXY | Reject the first sign of your malign spirit |
| FAKERY | Freak out at first sign of your deception (6) |
| ARIES | With the symbol i, the first sign of the zodiac; or, the "ram" born when the Sun is in said house or mansion (5) |
| BOUNDARIES | The outer limits of spring and the first sign of spring? (10) |
| RAM | Symbol of the first sign of the zodiac |
| SNOWDROP | Woodland, parkland and garden flower, often the first sign of life after the winter and thus a harbinger of spring (8) |
| ADVENT | For some, the present opening is the first sign of Christmas (6) |
| POTHERB | A lot of smoke, the first sign of burning parsley for example |
| ARIAN | Person born under the first sign of the zodiac (5) |
| DIGNITARIES | Public figures tiding over the first sign of the zodiac |
| START | Sun the first sign of the dawn (5) |
| LEAFLET | Notice, perhaps, the first sign of spring in the garden (7) |
| ARIAS | The first sign of the zodiac (5) |
| TIPOFTHEICEBERG | Sounds like the first sign of salad days? That definitely won't float your boat! (3,2,3,7) |
| BAKERIES | Note the first sign of spring around Kildare in operations making plenty of dough (8) |
| DICTIONARIES | In a manner of speaking, it's one of the first signs of spring in reference books (12) |
| CAPRICORN | A mo. at the first sign of winter? |
| LENINGRAD | City learning to reform with the first sign of democracy? (9) |
| IDENTICAL | In detail somehow without the first sign of contrast (9) |
| IGNOBLE | Being 'low' somehow, lacking the first sign of worthiness (7) |
