| First name among screen vampires | 32 |
| First name among revolutionaries | 32 |
| First name among Oscar-winning directors | 40 |
| First name among noted architects | 33 |
| First name among NFL quarterbacks | 33 |
| First name among legendary shortstops | 37 |
| First name among legendary crooners | 35 |
| First name among legendary artists | 34 |
| First name among Italian leading ladies | 39 |
| First name among Italian explorers | 34 |
| First name among Hollywood legends | 34 |
| First name among Hollywood directors | 36 |
| First name among Hall of Fame catchers | 38 |
| First name among gymnastics legends | 35 |
| First name among famous Russian gymnasts | 40 |
| First name among famous lyricists | 33 |
| First name among famous diarists | 32 |
| First name among famous aviators | 32 |
| First name among exotica singers | 32 |
| First name among Dracula portrayers | 35 |
| First name among disrespected comedians? | 40 |
| First name among country crooners | 33 |
| First name among classic TV wives | 33 |
| First name among classic TV sitcom husbands | 43 |
| First name among classic TV husbands | 36 |
| First name among classic TV dads | 32 |
| First name among classic "SNL" regulars | 49 |
| First name among Batman portrayers | 34 |
| First name among basketball legends | 35 |
| First name among baseball legends | 33 |
| First name among Baltimore sports legends | 41 |
| First name among animated neighbors | 35 |
| First name among animated hunters | 33 |
| First name among American explorers | 35 |
| First name among 1972 Olympic gold medalists | 44 |
| First name among "SNL" regulars | 41 |
| First name among "Pulp Fiction" actors | 48 |
| First name among "Laugh-In" regulars | 46 |
| First name among "Baywatch" babes | 43 |
| First name among '70s netmen | 32 |
| First N.L.'er to hit 500 homers | 35 |
| First N.L.'er to hit 500 home runs | 38 |
| First N.L. player to hit 500 home runs | 38 |
| First N.L. Hank Aaron Award winner | 34 |
| First N.L. 500 home run club member | 35 |
| First N.B.A. player to light the Olympic cauldron | 49 |
| First Muse single, coincidentally | 33 |
| First multiracial coed college in the South | 43 |
| First movie to gross more than $2 billion (2009) | 48 |
| First movie to feature Silent Bob | 33 |
| First movie critic to win a National Book Award | 47 |
| First Mother's Day celebrants? | 34 |
| First month, south of the border | 32 |
| First monarch to rule over Great Britain | 40 |
| First monarch to be crowned Tsar of All Russia | 46 |
| First Miss America Margaret ____ | 32 |
| First Middle Eastern nation to host the World Cup | 49 |
| First mechanical cash registers co. | 35 |
| First mate's superior, informally | 37 |
| First mate's response to the captain | 40 |
| First mate aboard the Jolly Roger | 33 |
| First Marxist President of Chile | 32 |
| First martyr, according to Matthew | 34 |
| First marketer of Cabbage Patch Kids | 36 |
| First manned spacecraft on the moon | 35 |
| First man, in Babylonian mythology | 34 |
| First man's introduction to Eve? | 36 |
| First man to be "ribbed" | 34 |
| First man to appear on the cover of Vogue | 41 |
| First male to appear on the cover of Vogue | 42 |
| First maker of a mass-produced, low-priced car | 46 |
| First major-league team to sign Satchel Paige | 45 |
| First major publisher of board games in the U.S. | 48 |
| First major leaguer with 4,000 hits | 35 |
| First major Civil War battle on Union soil | 42 |
| First magnitude star in Centaurus | 33 |
| First Mac OS that used its animal codename | 42 |
| First lyricist to receive a Pulitzer Prize | 42 |
| First love in "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" | 49 |
| First Lola in ''Damn Yankees'' | 46 |
| First livestock animal to have its genome mapped | 48 |
| First little pig's building material | 40 |
| First Liston/Clay fight result, in brief | 40 |
| First line on many a legal document | 35 |
| First line of an ode to secretaries | 35 |
| First line of an equinoctial verse | 34 |
| First line of a couplet pertinent to this puzzle | 48 |
| First line of a "Stepquote" toast | 43 |
| First line of "Moby-Dick" | 35 |
| First letter, to Arabic speakers | 32 |
| First letter of the Hebrew alphabet | 35 |
| First letter of the Greek alphabet | 34 |
| First letter of the Arabic alphabet | 35 |
| First letter of "census," e.g. | 40 |
| First letter in "thanatos" | 36 |
| First letter for the head of Centauri? | 38 |
| First layer of furniture protection | 35 |
| First Latina nominated for the Supreme Court | 44 |
| First Latin American Olympics host | 34 |
| First Lady whose maiden name was Duarte | 39 |