| JOEDAVIS | Winner of the first fifteen World Snooker Championships (3,5) |
| TOO | As well as the first fifteen letters |
| THORBURN | Nicknamed the Grinder, who was the first player to score a maximum break of 147 at the world snooker championships? (8) |
| CRUCIBLE | The ____, theatre in Sheffield that has staged the World Snooker Championships since 1977 (8) |
| WINDFARM | Victory and draw for First Fifteen after losing the first friendly, is bound to generate a lot of energy (4,4) |
| CHATAWAY | Christopher _, winner of the first BBC Sports Personality of the Year (8) |
| AGOSTINI | Italian motorcycle road racer, winner of 15 World Championship titles (8) |
| GREENBAY | City that's home to the winner of the first two Super Bowls |
| PHILLIPS | Winner of the first series of Big Brother, Craig _ (8) |
| TEASDALE | Winner of the first poetry Pulitzer |
| ROENTGEN | Winner of the first Nobel Prize in Physics, 1901 |
| SELBY | Mark ---, winner of the World Snooker Championships in 2014, 2016 and 2017 (5) |
| TRUTHFUL | Trinidad's first 15? Wrong! Right! |
| NORTHEND | Preston ..... ... , winners of the first Football League Championship in 1888-89 (5,3) |
| IRVINE | Hazel ---, regular BBC presenter of the World Snooker Championships (6) |
| PARLIAMENTARIAN | Opponent of Charles the First (15) |
| PANCREAS | The first 15 down for this was in 1966 (8) |
| STANFORD | Western university that scored 0 points at the first 15-Across |
| PASADENA | California city where the first 15-Across was played |
| MICHIGAN | Midwestern university that scored 49 points at the first 15-Across |
