| CANDLESTICKPARK | Where Nixon threw out the first baseball on 4/12/1960 |
| DON | Larsen who threw out the first pitch for David Cone's perfect game at Yankee Stadium in 1999 |
| GEORGEWBUSH | Ex-president who once co-owned the 30-Across and who threw out the first pitch of the 2023 World Series: 3 wds. |
| BEYOND | and 12 1960 revue at the Edinburgh Festival starring Cook, Moore, Bennett and Miller (6,3,6) |
| ELTORO | California air station where Nixon landed after resigning in 1974 |
| DUKE | Where Nixon went to law school |
| CASTOFTHOUSANDS | The one time where you threw out the bait right where you wanted it! |
| COBB | Ty ___ (the first Baseball Hall of Famer) |
| ELYSIAN | Site of the first baseball game, ... Fields in Hoboken, NJ (7) |
| THEREWITH | With that, I threw out the top (9) |
| HONUSWAGNER | Pirates shortstop who was inducted in the first Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony in 1939: 2 wds. |
| TOL | The Mud Hens of Triple-A baseball, on scoreboards |
| STL | The Cardinals of baseball, on a scoreboard |
| DEVOID | Barren part of the 4 12, deprived of name and identity (6) |
| OFFLEASHDOGAREA | Facility for pet-owners in 1/4/12 (3-5,3,4) |
| NATHURAM | First name of the person who carried out the first terrorist incident in independent India. (8) |
| FAUCI | Health official throwing out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals' opening day |
| SPLAYS | Turns out the first of Shakespeare's works for the stage (6) |
| STOUTEST | Sets out the first becoming the strongest (8) |
| ENIGMA | Leaving out the first one, imagine working out puzzle |
