| BACARDI | White rum, first produced in Cuba (7) |
| CIGARS | Irish government leaders in vehicles produced in Cuba (6) |
| ODDS | Likelihood of getting small rum first (4) |
| ACROBAT | Tumbler of rum's first imbibed by a European |
| TROT | Red Rum's first, in short |
| PALETOT | White rum, say, means something to Don (7) |
| MOJITOS | Traditional Cuban cocktails of white rum, fresh mint, lime juice and Perrier (7) |
| CHEDDAR | Hard smooth-textured cheese first produced in its modern form by Somerset dairyman Joseph Harding in the 1800s (7) |
| CARMINA | Cantata by Carl Orff first produced in Frankfurt in 1937 (7,6) |
| TRANSIT | Long-popular Ford van first produced in the UK in 1965 (7) |
| PRESENT | Noel Coward stage play first produced in 1942 (7,8) |
| SISTERS | Anton Chekhov stage play first produced in 1901 (5,7) |
| MUSTANG | Ford car, first produced in 1964 (7) |
| LOCKRAM | Coarse linen cloth first produced in Brittany in the Middle Ages |
| PERSPEX | Clear, lightweight, tough plastic first produced in 1930 (7) |
| HEINKEL | Makers of the Kabine bubble car, first produced in 1956 (7) |
| COLOGNE | A perfumed mixture of alcohol and essential oils, first produced in 1709 (7) |
| CASTILE | What type of soap, made with olive oil, was first produced in Spain during the 13th Century? (7) |
| SEAGULL | The ___, play by Anton Chekhov first produced in 1896 |
| THEREAL | and 24/17ac, Play by Tom Stoppard first produced in 1968 |
