| KAPLINSKY | TV newsreader and the very first Strictly winner, Natasha --------- (9) |
| TOMMYROBB | Northern Irish GP and TT winner who was one of the very first non-japanese Honda factory riders. (5,4) |
| ABORIGINE | Latin term meaning "from the very first, from the source" (2,7) |
| EARLYBIRD | Term for one who likes to rise from bed in the very first part of the day (5,4) |
| OLDBAILEY | Former Strictly winner denied charge in court (3,6) |
| DERMOT | ____ Murnaghan, English TV newsreader and ex-presenter of quiz show Eggheads (6) |
| DOBSON | Katie _; television newsreader and presenter (6) |
| DERHAM | Katie _; television newsreader and presenter (6) |
| EMBRYO | ...and the very very young (6) |
| WOLFF | Isabel ___, author of novels Rescuing Rose and The Very Picture of You (5) |
| ISABELWOLFF | Author of novels Rescuing Rose and The Very Picture of You |
| SHIVER | Shake his roughly and the very end falls off (6) |
| NATASHA | TV news presenter and former Strictly winner, ------- Kaplinsky (7) |
| ORE | TV presenter and Strictly winner in 2016, --- Oduba (3) |
| ODUBA | Surname of Ore, TV presenter and Strictly winner in 2016 (5) |
| RIVERYEO | At the start of October, the very first experience I had on a raft left me shaken -- I fell into the water at Sherborne (5,3) |
| RISIBLE | Visible when the very first becomes the bitter end? That's laughable! (7) |
| PLUNK | Play the piano at the very first lesson |
| SUPERBIKECHAMPION | Fred Merkel was the very first to earn this prestigious title. (5,9,8) |
| WORLD | Fred Merkel was the very first to earn this prestigious title. (5,9,8) |
