| BOBBYMOORE | The first footballer to be honoured by a memorial service in Westminster Abbey |
| DISTEFANO | Alfredo ____ was the first footballer to win a second Ballon d’Or, in 1959 |
| MATTHEWS | Sir Stanley --, first footballer to be knighted (in 1965) (8) |
| ELEGY | Bruce Springsteen's performance of "Thunder Road" at Tim Russert's memorial service in 2008, e.g. |
| ROHR | What is the surname of this former German player who was one of the first footballers to play abroad in a foreign league in 1933? (4) |
| PALMER | Who became the first footballer in Premier League history to score four goals in the first-half of a match? (6) |
| HAYNES | Johnny ____ of Fulham was Britain's first footballer to earn A£100 a week, after the 1961 abolition of the A£20 maximum wage |
| JOYCE | ,24ac First comedian granted a memorial service at Westminster Abbey, in 1980 (5, 8) |
| MILLAIS | Painter noted for works including Ophelia, Autumn Leaves, Chill October and Bubbles; created a baronet by Queen Victoria in 1885, he was the first artist to be honoured with a hereditary title (7) |
| MILLER | Greyhound Mick the _ is honoured by a statue in Killeigh, Co Offaly (6) |
| SUSANBANTHONY | American suffragist, the first woman to be honoured on a US coin (5,1,7) |
| OBIT | Ring for a part in a memorial service |
| GOLDMEDALLIST | First person to be honoured in the Olympics |
| GENEAUTRY | Which entertainer is honoured by a record five stars on Hollywood Boulevard? (4,5) |
| BREMNER | Which former Leeds United player is honoured by a statue outside Elland Road? (7) |
| STOKER | Which Dublin-born author is honoured by a plaque on his former home on Kildare Street? (6) |
| RE | Honoured by a statue outside Elland Road, who managed Leeds United between 1961 and 1974? (5) |
| MULLERY | Alan ?, first England footballer to be sent off, against Yusgoslavia in 1968 (7) |
| SILVERMEDALLIST | Second person to be honoured at the Olympic Games (6,9) |
| KNIGHTED | At the end of the day in Kildare, director gets honoured by the neighbours (8) |
