| FREDSASAKAMOOSE | Sports legend, the first Indigenous player in the nhl, who has been appointed to the Order of Canada: 2 wds. |
| OFFICEHOLDER | Mistreatment of older chief who'd been appointed to a position of trust |
| LUMB | First restaurateur to be appointed to the Order of Canada |
| NICKY | First indigenous player to reach 200-game AFL milestone, -Winmar (5) |
| OCONNOR | First woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States, Sandra Day ... (1'6) |
| WILLIEOREE | Member of the Order of Canada, Fredericton-born hockey legend, the first Black player in the NHL, his jersey No. |
| KATERI | The first Indigenous person of North America to become a Saint, she was born in New York state ...and lived in the present-day Mohawk territory of Kahnawake (near Montreal) in the last years of her li |
| MARYSIMON | Inuk leader who is the first Indigenous person to be Governor General of Canada: 2 wds. |
| NAMATJIRA | Who is the first Indigenous artist to win the Archibald Prize? (9) |
| TAKEUP | Be appointed to (a position) (4,2) |
| ATHENS | By legend, the first 12 ended here (6) |
| FRIERNBARNET | North London suburb whose name recalls that it belonged to the Order of Knights of St John of Jerusalem until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s (6,6) |
| ELLIEBUTTROSE | After curating the award-winning exhibition, Archie Moore's kith and kin. at the 2024 Venice Biennale, who has been appointed curator of the 2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art? (5.8) |
| KHANDKER | Tushar ..., former India player who has been appointed coach of the junior women's hockey team. (8) |
| MILSOM | Coming from the Newcastle Writers' Festival, who has been appointed the director of Adelaide Writers' Week, 2027-2029? (6) |
| NATSCIVERBRUNT | Tokyo-born cricketer who has been appointed captain of the England women s team (3,6-5) |
| ROSTONCHASE | Barbadian cricketer who has been appointed captain of the West Indies Test team (6,5) |
| MBE | Abbreviation of one of five classes of appointment to the Order of the British Empire awarded at a New Year Honours ceremony, for example (1,1,1) |
| MICHAELGOVE | Former Conservative minister who has been appointed editor of The Spectator (7,4) |
| GEORGEDEWEY | The only person to have been appointed Admiral of the Navy in the US (6,5) |
