| First-round draft pick that goes nowhere | 40 |
| First-rate: Abbr. | 17 |
| First-rate, to Kipling | 22 |
| First-rate, so to speak | 23 |
| First-rate, slangily | 20 |
| First-rate, informally | 22 |
| First-rate, in Rugby | 20 |
| First-rate, in British slang | 28 |
| First-rate, in ''Variety''speak | 47 |
| First-rate straight | 19 |
| First-rate stand-up comic | 25 |
| First-rate person | 17 |
| First-rate mate | 15 |
| First-rate joke | 15 |
| First-rate coffeehouse? | 23 |
| First-rate chastisement? | 24 |
| First-rate | 10 |
| First-rank | 10 |
| First-quarter-moon tide | 23 |
| First-quarter shipments? | 24 |
| First-quarter moon tide | 23 |
| First-quality | 13 |
| First-prize winner | 18 |
| First-prize recipient | 21 |
| First-place prize | 17 |
| First-place medal | 17 |
| First-place finishers in Bangor? | 32 |
| First-place finishers | 21 |
| First-place | 11 |
| First-pitch thrower | 19 |
| First-person shooter released in 1998 | 37 |
| First-person shooter of 1996 | 28 |
| First-person mystery? | 21 |
| First-person figure | 19 |
| First-order angel | 17 |
| First-of-type subject of a 1912 Massachusetts law | 49 |
| First-of-the-month payment | 26 |
| First-of-a-kind 1960's TV star | 34 |
| First-nighters | 14 |
| First-night crowd | 17 |
| First-nameless private eye in Robert B. Parker mysteries | 56 |
| First-name in baseball lore | 27 |
| First-move maker | 16 |
| First-millennium Norwegian king | 31 |
| First-magnitude star in Virgo | 29 |
| First-magnitude star in Cygnus | 30 |
| First-level apartment number, perhaps | 37 |
| First-known variable star | 25 |
| First-inning pitcher | 20 |
| First-inning hurler | 19 |
| First-in-line's line | 24 |
| First-grader's attention-getting phrase | 43 |
| First-grade subject | 19 |
| First-grade subj. | 17 |
| First-grade instruction | 23 |
| First-grade book | 16 |
| First-goal link | 15 |
| First-generation Japanese-American | 34 |
| First-generation Japanese immigrants | 36 |
| First-generation Japanese | 25 |
| First-generation hearing aid | 28 |
| First-founded US capital | 24 |
| First-floor apartment, perhaps | 30 |
| First-floor apartment, often | 28 |
| First-floor apartment, maybe | 28 |
| First-floor apartment number | 28 |
| First-floor apartment | 21 |
| First-fl. tenant, often | 23 |
| First-family names | 18 |
| First-family member | 19 |
| First-family grandson | 21 |
| First-family fellow | 19 |
| First-ever speaker on C-Span, 3/19/79 | 37 |
| First-ever singer with a Greatest Hits album, in 1958 | 53 |
| First-ever NBA lottery pick | 27 |
| First-ever N.B.A. lottery pick | 30 |
| First-ever designated hitter Blomberg | 37 |
| First-ever Best Actor Oscar winner Jannings | 43 |
| First-ever 10-time Best Actress nominee | 39 |
| First-ever | 10 |
| First-down yardage | 18 |
| First-down requisite | 20 |
| First-down requirement | 22 |
| First-down distance | 19 |
| First-discovered asteroid | 25 |
| First-day-of-Spanish-class word | 31 |
| First-day-of-Latin-class word | 29 |
| First-day-of-class handout | 26 |
| First-day creation | 18 |
| First-cousin's mom | 22 |
| First-course items | 18 |
| First-come, first-served pickup spots | 37 |
| First-column bingo number | 25 |
| First-class, with "de" | 32 |
| First-class, so to speak | 24 |
| First-class, informally | 23 |
| First-class, in slang | 21 |
| First-class traveler | 20 |
| First-class service | 19 |
| First-class regulars | 20 |