| HAJJ | Trip of a lifetime hampered at first by a couple of jokers |
| DECKOFCARDS | Where you'll find a couple of jokers |
| HADJ | Experienced judge's trip of a lifetime? |
| DREAMVACATION | Trip of a lifetime |
| ALOEVERA | Perhaps a girlfriend's taken in easily at first by a cosmetic substance |
| CAMPANILE | Was a runner affected, at first, by a bell tower? (9) |
| UNCIVILLY | Rudely cursed at first by a French climber nursing injury |
| STYLIST | Fashion was cut short, at first, by a hair-dresser (7) |
| SCRY | From an aphetic for "catch sight of", a verb meaning "divine by means of crystal-gazing"; or, a collective noun for a bunch, knob, lute, plump, skein, sord, sute or trip of wildfowls (4) |
| GOETHE | The ego trip of a German writer (6) |
| LAP | Round trip of a sort |
| HIKE | Field trip of a sort |
| TWO | Number of jokers in a deck of cards |
| PIGEON | One of a bunch, coil, company, flight, knob, raft or trip of the ducks with a name similar to a dovelike squab (6) |
| TONYJACKLIN | His British Open triumph of 1969 was the first by a Briton in 18 years |
| HINDU | Back portion used first by a native of India |
| FANTASY | 1995 Mariah Carey song that was the first by a female artist to debut at #1 |
| HRS | Round trips, of a sort: Abbr. |
| HOUSESOFCARDS | Homes full of Jokers? They may live a precarious existence (6,2,5) |
| SHORTHEAD | Swimmer taking the gold (first) by a narrow margin (5,4) |
