| BANNISTER | Roger -; athlete who, in 1954, became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes (9) |
| ADAMS | Astronomer and mathematician who co-discovered Neptune; or, the athlete, who in 2012, became the first woman to win an Olympic boxing title (5) |
| FOURMINUTES | Roger Bannister was the first person to run a mile under this time (2 wds.) |
| RUIN | The first person to run without destruction |
| ROGER | The first man to run a mile in under four minutes (5,9) |
| ROGERBANNISTER | First man to run a mile in under four minutes (5,9) |
| MURRAYHALBERG | First New Zealander to run a mile in under four minutes (6,7) |
| IFFLEY | __ Road Track; where Sir Roger Bannister first ran a mile in under four minutes (6) |
| ARMSTRONG | American astronaut who became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969 (4,9) |
| BAILEY | First Canadian to run the mile in under 4 minutes |
| MANHATTAN | In 1915, Robert Dowling became the first person to swim around this island |
| HORSESHOE | Lucky sort runs a mile perhaps from society useful to the allotment (9) |
| ANCHORMAN | Maybe last person to run chilly port has staff for a long time? |
| MILE | Roger Bannister was the first to run it in under four minutes |
| RADIOEDIT | It's often three to four minutes long |
| BOILEDEGG | It takes about 3 to 4 minutes (6,3) |
| KEIRHARDIE | Scottish politician who became the first person to lead the Labour Party in the House of Commons in 1906 (4,6) |
| YEAGER | Pilot who became the first person to break the sound barrier when he exceeded 670 mph (Mach 1) in the Bell X-1 rocket research aircraft in 1947 (6) |
| MOUNTAINEER | Climber such as Maurice Herzog who, in 1950, became the first person to reach the summit of a peak over 8000m high - it was Mt Annapurna in Nepal |
| BLYTH | Paratrooper turned yachtsman who, in 1971 in the ketch British Steel, became the first person to sail solo nonstop westwards around the world (5) |
