| LOVEMEDO | The Beatles' first single |
| LOVEME | Words in the title of a 1956 Elvis song and The Beatles first single in 1962 (4,2) |
| LMEDO | The Beatles' first single, 1962 |
| EMI | Producer of the Beatles' first single |
| FROM | One of the Beatles first singles. (4,2,2,3) |
| TESSIE | Music hall star Ms. O'Shea who shared the billing the famous night The Beatles first ap- peared on "The ed Sullivan Show" in 1964 |
| ANDSHOUT | Released in 1963, this song was the opening track on The Beatles first EP; Twist ... (3,5) |
| ANGUSMCBEAN | Welsh photographer and set designer whose works include the cover of The Beatles' first album Please Please Me (5,6) |
| HAMBURG | Where the Beatles first hit it big |
| HOLD | "I Want to ___ Your Hand" (the Beatles' first US hit) |
| HEYJUDE | The Beatles' first release on their Apple record label (3,4) |
| CAVERN | ____ Club, Liverpool music venue where The Beatles first performed in 1961 (6) |
| TWISTANDSHOUT | Song on the Beatles' first album, Please Please Me (5,3,5) |
| ISAW | ___ Her Standing There, opening track of The Beatles' first album (4) |
| SLEIGHBELL | Hunt the poet for Beatles' first sellout; it makes a cheerful jingle (6,4) |
| NIBLICK | Turn up in Beatles' first beat club (7) |
| ABSOLVE | Two answers about Beatles' first release |
| MEDO | "Love ___": Beatles first hit (1963) (2,2) |
| ED | Beatles 1st appeared on ___ Sullivan show 55 yrs ago (2) |
| 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) |
