| First-grade subject | 19 |
| First-grader's attention-getting phrase | 43 |
| First-in-line's line | 24 |
| First-inning hurler | 19 |
| First-inning pitcher | 20 |
| First-known variable star | 25 |
| First-level apartment number, perhaps | 37 |
| First-magnitude star in Cygnus | 30 |
| First-magnitude star in Virgo | 29 |
| First-millennium Norwegian king | 31 |
| First-move maker | 16 |
| First-name in baseball lore | 27 |
| First-nameless private eye in Robert B. Parker mysteries | 56 |
| First-night crowd | 17 |
| First-nighters | 14 |
| First-of-a-kind 1960's TV star | 34 |
| First-of-the-month payment | 26 |
| First-of-type subject of a 1912 Massachusetts law | 49 |
| First-order angel | 17 |
| First-person figure | 19 |
| First-person mystery? | 21 |
| First-person shooter of 1996 | 28 |
| First-person shooter released in 1998 | 37 |
| First-pitch thrower | 19 |
| First-place | 11 |
| First-place finishers | 21 |
| First-place finishers in Bangor? | 32 |
| First-place medal | 17 |
| First-place prize | 17 |
| First-prize recipient | 21 |
| First-prize winner | 18 |
| First-quality | 13 |
| First-quarter moon tide | 23 |
| First-quarter shipments? | 24 |
| First-quarter-moon tide | 23 |
| First-rank | 10 |
| First-rate | 10 |
| First-rate chastisement? | 24 |
| First-rate coffeehouse? | 23 |
| First-rate joke | 15 |
| First-rate mate | 15 |
| First-rate person | 17 |
| First-rate stand-up comic | 25 |
| First-rate straight | 19 |
| First-rate, in ''Variety''speak | 47 |
| First-rate, in British slang | 28 |
| First-rate, in Rugby | 20 |
| First-rate, informally | 22 |
| First-rate, slangily | 20 |
| First-rate, so to speak | 23 |
| First-rate, to Kipling | 22 |
| First-rate: Abbr. | 17 |
| First-round draft pick that goes nowhere | 40 |
| First-round KO strategy? | 24 |
| First-row chessman | 18 |
| First-sight phenomenon | 22 |
| First-string athletic groups | 28 |
| First-string group | 18 |
| First-string player | 19 |
| First-string players | 20 |
| First-string squad | 18 |
| First-stringers | 15 |
| First-stringers, collectively | 29 |
| First-stroke need | 17 |
| First-team member | 17 |
| First-term Clinton victory | 26 |
| First-time driver, often | 24 |
| First-time drivers, often | 25 |
| First-time Net surfer | 21 |
| First-time pot smoker, maybe | 28 |
| First-time stock | 16 |
| First-time tux wearer, maybe | 28 |
| First-time voter, perhaps | 25 |
| First-time-in-the-saddle consequence | 36 |
| First-timer | 11 |
| First-timer in on-line gaming slang | 35 |
| First-week Wimbledon hurdle for Serena | 38 |
| First-week-of-school social event | 33 |
| First-year | 10 |
| First-year cadet | 16 |
| First-year cadet (Var.) | 23 |
| First-year college student, usually | 35 |
| First-year French student's verb | 36 |
| First-year German verb | 22 |
| First-year Harvard law student | 30 |
| First-year headgear | 19 |
| First-year J.D. candidate | 25 |
| First-year J.D. student | 23 |
| First-year Kennedy Center honoree | 33 |
| First-year Kennedy Center Honors recipient | 42 |
| First-year Latin verb | 21 |
| First-year Latin word | 21 |
| First-year law school class | 27 |
| First-year law student | 22 |
| First-year law students | 23 |
| First-year medical residents | 28 |
| First-year men | 14 |
| First-year player | 17 |
| First-year players | 18 |
| First-year Spanish verb | 23 |