| THESCREAM | Titian's first, the man's best painting |
| KENNEL | Digs up vegetable around stunning centre at the home of the man's best friend (6) |
| SCREAM | Second best painting by Munch (6) |
| REDHEAD | Titian first for Van Gogh, say? (7) |
| STATEOFTHEART | Condition of the (very best) paintings? (5,2,3,3) |
| TASTERPLAN | First the chardonnay, then the merlot, then the cabernet? |
| RAPE | Titian's "The___of Europa" |
| TONDO | Fuss about Titian's last painting |
| NUDES | Some Titians |
| ART | Royal Academy withdraws first of Titian's paintings (3) |
| THEPRADO | Site of many Titians |
| TUNED | Made adjustments to first of Titian's nude works |
| BARRYWHITE | Deep-voiced singer of the 1974 No 1 You’re the First, the Last, My Everything |
| ZONE | Any of Earth's five divisions: the last first, the first last (4) |
| EGG | "Which came first, the chicken or the ___?" |
| CAME | "Which ___ first, the chicken or the egg?" |
| CHICKEN | 'Which came first, the ... or the egg?' |
| THUNDER | First the barbarian and the German make noise, naturally (7) |
| SECONDSLIP | Mistake isn't the first the fielder makes (6,4) |
| LEHAR | Hear, playing the number first, the composer (5) |