| INTHERAIN | Song by The Move that was the first single to be played on BBC Radio 1 when the station was launched in 1967 (7,2,3,4) |
| FLOWERS | Song by The Move that was the first single to be played on BBC Radio 1 when the station was launched in 1967 (7,2,3,4) |
| TONYBLACKBURN | Disc jockey who was the first voice heard on Radio 1 when it launched in 1967 |
| VOLLEYBALL | Sport that involves the moves that start the answers to starred clues |
| MULTIPLATINUM | Status that "We are the world" was the first single to achieve |
| CATCHAFALLINGSTAR | Perry Como hit that was the first single to receive a gold record certification |
| MIR | Which Soviet space station was launched in 1986 (3) |
| SKYLAB | Which US space station was launched in 1973? (6) |
| EASYONME | First single to be released from Adele's new album, 30 (4,2,2) |
| RATTRAP | Song by the Boomtown Rats that was the first single by a punk or new wave act to reach number one (3,4) |
| MONEYFORNOTHING | 1985 song by Dire Straits whose music video was the first to be played on MTV Europe (1 August 1987) (5,3,7) |
| ALITTLEBITMEALITTLEBITYOU | 1967 hit for The Monkees that was the first single on which Davy Jones sang the lead vocal (1,6,3,2,1,6,3,3) |
| STEVEWRIGHT | English radio broadcaster who presented his show in the Afternoon for 12 years on BBC Radio 1 and 23 years on BBC Radio 2 (5,6) |
| NEWKIDINTOWN | Grammy-winning song by the Eagles which was the first single from the same album as 15a: 4 wds. |
| FAKEPLASTICTREES | Song by Radiohead that was the third UK single to be released from their album The Bends |
| LONG | Janice, late English DJ and the first female to have her own daily show on BBC Radio 1 (4) |
| IAM | ___ Mine 2002 song written by Eddie Vedder which was the first single of the album Riot Act: 2 wds. |
| ZANELOWE | New Zealand DJ who hosted a global music show on BBC Radio 1 from 2003 to 2015 |
| EVANS | Chris, broadcaster and former host of the breakfast shows on BBC Radio 1 and 2 (5) |
| ACHYBREAKYHEART | Billy Ray Cyrus single that became the first single ever to achieve triple Platinum status in Australia |
