| GOLDA | Zionist who was among the first elected to Israel's newly formed Knesset, future prime minister, ... |
| NETANYAHU | Loser to Israel's Barak in 1999 |
| ANNIKA | Golfer Sorenstam, who was among the first women to become honorary members of St Andrews golf club i |
| CARUSO | Enrico -, Italian tenor who was among the first to make gramophone records (6) |
| PEACEPRIZE | Nobel honour awarded to Canada's (future) Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in 1957 "for his crucial contribution to the deployment of a United Nations Emergency Force in the wake of the Suez Crisis" o |
| NIEMEYER | Oscar ___, Brazilian architect who was among the multinational team that designed the UN Headquarters in New York City |
| HASSAN | NBA center Whiteside who was among the league leaders in blocks and rebounds in 2016 |
| BERRY | Chuck -, singer and guitarist who was among the pioneers of rock and roll (5) |
| ELCONDOR | 1970 western starring Jim Brown and Lee Van Cleef that was among the first movies rated R |
| NEHRU | First Prime Minister of independent India ( 1947- 64) and father of future Prime Minister ( 1966- 77; 1980-84) Indira Gandhi ( 10,5) |
| JAWAHARLAL | First Prime Minister of independent India ( 1947- 64) and father of future Prime Minister ( 1966- 77; 1980-84) Indira Gandhi ( 10,5) |
| ABEL | Abraham Lincoln, initially, was among the first |
| TICKLED | Amused moment was among the first (7) |
| TITLED | Fool was among the first with a peerage? (6) |
| GOLDMANN | Nahum ******** , Zionist who was a founder of the World Jewish Congress (8) |
| RUTTE | Mark, Dutch prime minister first elected to office in 2010 (5) |
| STRAUS | Macy's department store co-owner who was among those who perished |
| SHAPPS | Grant ****** , Conservative politician first elected to the House of Commons in 2005 (6) |
| EAGLE | Angela, Labour politician first elected to the House of Commons in 1992 (5) |
| MANGERE | David Lange was first elected to Parliament in a 1977 by-election where? (7) |
