| BREAKS | Shoots first in billiards |
| FIRE | Shoot first in really exciting starts (4) |
| RECUT | Like the 1997 Special Edition of "Star Wars: A New Hope," in which Greedo shoots first |
| BURGUNDY | Red shoot, first sign of dogwood in Lancashire town |
| PUN | "Shoot first and ask Christian Slater," e.g. |
| ASK | "Shoot first, ___ questions later" |
| POTTO | Sort of 13 to shoot first |
| AIM | Prepare to shoot first-rate male |
| FIRESIDE | Home team to shoot first (8) |
| SPRIG | Shoot first of nyala out of season (5) |
| LATER | "Shoot first, ask questions -" |
| SKIDROW | Where down-and-outs shoot first then banter and argue (4,3) |
| INOFFS | Foul shots in snooker, scoring shots in billiards |
| INOFF | Pot in billiards that hits another ball first (2-3) |
| SCRATCH | Handicap of zero in golf; poultry food; a fluke in billiards; or, a slang word for money (7) |
| COUP | Putsch; a successful stroke in a board game or cards; or, the direct pocketing of a cue ball without striking another in billiards (4) |
| RAC | First exit: Milk containers . Second exit: Rebounded, in billiards . Third exit: Wheeled (away) |
| MARKER | A beacon, buoy or other indicator; a thick felt-tip pen; a scorekeeper in billiards or squash; an attendance recorder; or, a counter in a game (6) |
| KISS | To touch lightly another ball in passing in billiards and snooker (4) |
| SNOOKER | Hide the ball in a tricky spot, in billiards |
