| GRATTAN | Who became the first female editor of a metropolitan daily newspaper in Australia when she was appointed editor of The Canberra Times in 1993? (7) |
| FIRMIN | 2006 novel about a rat by Sam Savage subtitled Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife (6) |
| EXURB | Part of a metropolitan area |
| ELPAIS | The highest-circulation daily newspaper in Spain (2,4) |
| WAPO | D.C. daily newspaper, in brief |
| BEE | Daily newspaper in Sacramento, Calif. |
| AARON | Who was the captain of Australia when it won the tournament for the only time so far, in 2021? (5) |
| NICOLASBAUDIN | Who was charting the coast of Australia when, in April 1802, he met Matthew Flinders off the coast of Encounter Bay? (7,6) |
| MERKEL | "A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution." In 2005 she became the first female chancellor of Germany. Who said this? |
| TTFI | What is the abbreviation for the governing body of a successful medal sport for India in Asian and Commonwealth Games for which Meghna Ahlawat became the first female president in December 2022? (1,1, |
| MARYMCALEESE | In 1997 ____ became the first female president to succeed a female president (of a nation) |
| SABRINACARPENTER | American singer, songwriter and actress who in 2024 became the first female artist to occupy the top three spots of the UK Singles Chart simultaneously for two consecutive weeks (7,9) |
| BETTYBOOTHROYD | Former dancer who became the first female speaker of the House of Commons (5,9) |
| RACHELWHITEREAD | Artist who became the first female winner of the Turner prize, for House in 1993 |
| FOSTER | In 2016, she (surname) became the first female first minister of Northern Ireland (6) |
| CURIE | Who became the first female winner of a Nobel Prize in 1903? (5) |
| ZARA | First name of the royal who was sixth in line to the British throne when she was born in 1981 (4) |
| EXARCH | Word, rooted in the Greek for "leader, overseer, ruler", for a Byzantine governor, an ecclesiastical inspector, a historical Bulgarian church head, a metropolitan bishop, a patriarchal deputy or a leg |
| TANGNEY | Which Labor politician became the first female member of the senate in 1943? (7) |
| LAURA | American economist who became the first female Dean of London Business School in 2002 (5,5) |
