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FINISHINGFIRST WINNING THE RACE
FIRST LEADING THE PACK
FIRST LEADING
INFIRST LEADING
FIRSTS FORWARDS
FIRST IT'S
FIRSTWATER BEST QUALITY
FIRSTCLASS MARVELLOUS!
FIRST ANCIENT
FIRSTACQUAINTANCE INTRODUCTION
FIRSTTASTE INTRODUCTION
FIRSTPART INTRODUCTION
FIRSTLY FIRST
FIRSTSTRING FIRST
FIRSTPART PRELUDE
FIRSTRATE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY
FIRST GUINNESS BOOK ADJECTIVE
FIRSTMATE SHIP'S OFFICER
FIRST SLIGHTEST
FIRSTPERFORMANCE ORIGINAL
FIRSTSHOWING ORIGINAL
FIRST ORIGINAL
FIRSTPART LAUNCH
PRIVATEFIRSTCLASS ARMY RANK
BELOWFIRSTCLASS OF HUMBLE BIRTH
FIRST BEFORE ALL OTHERS
FIRST EARLIEST; DEGREE
FIRST WORD WITH RATE, AID OR CLASS
FIRST BLUE-RIBBON POSITION
FIRST GOLD MEDALIST'S PLACE
FIRSTHANDACCOUNT ORAL HISTORY
FIRSTCOAT BASE COAT
FIRSTLIEUTENANT NAVAL RANK
FIRSTCOUSIN CLOSE RELATIVE
FIRST HOT STUFF
FIRSTVIOLIN STRING QUARTET PART
FIRSTBORN OLDER PERSON
FIRSTCHOP OUTSTANDING
FIRST OUTSTANDING
FIRSTCLASS OUTSTANDING
FIRST BRAVE
FIRSTCLASS SECOND-TO-NONE
FIRSTBORN BORN EARLIER
FIRSTBORNS SENIORS
FIRSTS SENIORS
FIRST EMINENT ABOVE OTHERS
FIRSTSHOWING FIRST PERFORMANCE
FIRSTPERFORMANCE FIRST SHOWING
FIRSTBLUSH BREAK OF DAY
FIRSTBRIGHTENING BREAK OF DAY
FIRSTGLANCE BREAK OF DAY
FIRSTFLUSHOFTHEMORNING BREAK OF DAY
FIRSTLIGHT BREAK OF DAY
FIRST FORMER
HEADFIRST LIKE SWAN DIVES
FIRSTS THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE
FIRSTS HISTORY BOOK LISTINGS
FIRSTS NEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS
FIRSTS SOME RECORDS
FIRSTBRIGHTENING FIRST LIGHT
FIRSTBLUSH FIRST LIGHT
FIRSTFLUSHOFTHEMORNING FIRST LIGHT
FIRSTGLANCE FIRST LIGHT
FIRSTCLASS HIGHEST-QUALITY
FIRST TOP PRIZE
FIRST LEADING POSITION
ATFIRST GOING IN
FIRSTS EXAMPLES
FIRST BEST
FIRSTDEGREE MOST SEVERE, OR LEAST SEVERE
FIRSTS OPENINGS
FIRSTBLUSH DAYBREAK
FIRSTPART ADDITION
FIRST WILD
FIRSTMOMENT ARITHMETIC MEAN
FIRST FUNDAMENTAL
FIRSTFLOOR COMMON ELEVATOR STOP
FIRST ADVANCED
FIRST ADVANCE
FIRST UNIVERSITY DEGREE FOR HEAD
FIRSTIMPRESSION IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE A GOOD ONE
FIRST AHEAD
FIRST HOTSHOT
FIRSTDAYOFFALL RIDDLE, PART 4
FIRSTLADY TITLE FIRST APPLIED TO DOLLEY MADISON
FIRSTCONTACTMEDICALCARE MEDICAL CARE
FIRSTCOUSIN FAMILY MEMBER
FIRSTGEAR SEE 23-ACROSS
FIRST CONTROLLING
FIRSTTIME INEXPERIENCED
FIRST SEE 1
FIRST CHAMPION
FIRST ESSENTIAL
FIRST VICTOR
FIRSTDOWN APPETIZER, USUALLY?
FIRST TOP
FIRST MOST IMPORTANT
COMEINFIRST WIN
COMEFIRST WIN
FIRST SUPERIOR
FIRSTCHANCETOBUYSOMETHING OPTION
FIRST PART 4 OF QUOTE
FIRST BEFOREHAND
FIRSTWORDINALETTER DEAR
FIRSTS BASICS
FIRST SMALLEST
FIRST PRIME
FIRSTRATE PRIME
FIRST MAIDEN
FIRSTNAME ON TREES, MEANT TO CARVE MORE THAN AN INITIAL
FIRST GREATEST
FIRSTGEAR LOW
FIRST EXALTED
FIRSTSTRING EXCELLENT
FIRSTRATE EXCELLENT
FIRSTCLASS EXCELLENT
FIRST HIGHEST
FIRSTSTRING HIGHEST
FIRSTS HEADS
FIRST BASIC
FIRSTLY FUNDAMENTALLY
PLAYFIRSTFIDDLE BE IN CHARGE OF A PLACE
FIRSTBEGAN STARTED
THEFIRSTNOVEL GENESIS WORK OF FICTION?
FIRST EMINENT
FIRST FRONT
FIRST PREVIOUS
FIRST PIONEERING
THEFIRST START OF AN ACTUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL QUIZ ANSWER
FIRSTAIDKIT IT MAY BE KEPT IN A TRUNK
FIRST IN FRONT
BLINKFIRST LOSE RESOLVE
FIRSTS STARTINGS
FIRSTLINE AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE COMBAT
FIRST IMMEDIATE
STANDFIRST INTRODUCTORY SUMMARY OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
FIRSTCOMER PERSON WHO IS HABITUALLY EARLY
FIRSTONTHESCENE PERSON WHO IS HABITUALLY EARLY
FIRSTARRIVAL PERSON WHO IS HABITUALLY EARLY
BEFIRST ACHIEVE
FIRST HEAD
FIRST LEAD OFF
GOFIRST LEAD OFF
FIRSTYEARSTUDENT NOVICE
FIRST PRIMARY
FIRST PRINCIPAL
MEFIRST SELFISHLY EAGER CRY
FIRSTCLASS TOP-NOTCH
FIRSTRATE TOP-NOTCH
OFTHEFIRSTWATER TOP-NOTCH
FIRST *___ FOUR
FIRST SUPREME
FIRST PROVISIONAL
HEADFIRST PRECIPITATE WAY THE STAFF LEAVE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY?
FIRST PARAMOUNT
FIRSTS FUNDAMENTALS
FIRSTLOVE PUPPY LOVE
FIRST PART 2 OF QUOTE
FIRST RANK
FIRST INAUGURAL
FIRST FOREMOST
FIRST IN THE LEAD
HOOVESONFIRST BOOK ABOUT LAMB-STYLE LITTLE LEAGUE?
FIRSTPERFORMANCE GALA OPENING
GOHEADFIRST DIVE
FIRST IMPORTANT
MEFIRST SELFISH, AS AN ATTITUDE
THEFIRST SEE 9
FIRST PREEMINENCE
FIRST EXPERIMENTAL
FIRST RUDIMENTARY
FIRSTDAYCOVER PHILATELIC ITEM
FIRSTPART PREFACE
FIRSTPART FOREWORD
FIRST DOMINANT
first-footing SCOTTISH CUSTOM
FIRST MORE LIKE ALPHA THAN OMEGA
FIRST BLUE-RIBBON
FEETFIRST ONE WAY TO JUMP
FIRSTCLASSHOTEL THE PENINSULA IN BEVERLY HILLS, E.G.
MEFIRST EGOCENTRIC DEMAND
FIRST UNUSED
THEFIRSTSTATE DELAWARE
FIRST HEAVY
FIRST AT THE HEAD OF THE LINE
FIRSTAIDCHIT RECEIPT FROM AN EMT?
GOFIRST LEAD
BEFIRST LEAD
FIRSTS SOME WORDS IN BABY BOOKS?
FIRST ON TOP
HEADFIRST WITHOUT THINKING
FIRSTS TOP-QUALITY MERCHANDISE
FIRST ARCH
FIRSTSERGE BAR MITZVAH SUIT MATERIAL, PERHAPS?
FIRSTBORNCHILD HEIR TO THE THRONE, PERHAPS
FIRSTGRADER LAST YEAR'S KINDERGARTNER
FIRSTLY BASICALLY
HEADFIRST RASHLY GAVE FOOD TO ARTIST DAMIEN FOR SPOONER
FIRST ___ AID; MEDICAL HELP IN A KIT
FIRSTCHANCETOBUYSOMETHING PRIOR RIGHT OF PURCHASE
FIRST MORE OF SAGE ADVICE
FIRSTNAME BOB, TED, CAROL OR ALICE
FIRSTESTATE CLERGY
FIRSTANDACONTENTED RIDDLE, PART 2
FIRST KIND OF AID OR BASE
FIRSTFAMILYBUYSISLAND [... WHITE HOUSE OCCUPANTS MAKE A CARIBBEAN PURCHASE]
FIRST WINTERTIME COATING ON CAR WINDOWS
THEBOYFIRSTCRIEDWOLF ONE OF AESOP'S FABLES
WHOSONFIRST CLASSIC ROUTINE
FIRST TREES GO UP TO JUNCTION AT THE BEGINNING
FIRST ABORIGINAL
FIRST SEE 53-ACROSS
FIRSTLOVE ADOLESCENT LOVE
ATFIRSTBLUSH INITIALLY
ATFIRST INITIALLY
INTHEFIRSTPLACE INITIALLY
FIRST PRE-EMINENT
PROKOFIEVSFIRST "CLASSICAL"
FIRSTMORGUE NEWLY CERTIFIED CORONER'S ASSIGNMENT?
FIRST DUKE IS ABOUT RIGHT TO A HIGH DEGREE
OFTHEFIRST PART 5 OF TODAY'S QUOTE
FIRST ORIGINAL ACADEMIC DEGREE
FIRSTAIDKIT IT MAY BE TUCKED IN A TRUNK
FIRSTAID IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
FIRSTRATE CAPITAL
FIRST TOP SPOT
FIRSTRATE REALLY, REALLY GOOD
FIRST START OF GOLF TOURNAMENT, BOXING MATCH OR CUP COMPETITION!
FIRSTSEED TOURNAMENT FAVORITE
APRILFIRST APRIL FOOL'S DAY
FIRSTLIGHT DAWN
FIRSTQUENCHERS INITIAL ROUND OF BEERS?
FIRST INITIAL
DOWNFIRST HOW L.L.BEAN PRIORITIZES ITS WINTER JACKET ADS, MAYBE?
FIRST NIGHT PLAY'S OPENING PERFORMANCE
PRINTEDONTHEFIRST RIDDLE, PART 3
JOSEPHWASTHEFIRST RIDDLE, PART 3
STYLEOFTHEFIRSTYEAR RIDDLE, PART 3
first fruits INITIAL RESULTS OF ANYTHING
FIRSTACT PLAY OPENER
FIRSTBASE DIAMOND CORNER
FIRSTCLASS FLIER'S UPGRADE
FIRSTOFF BEFORE ALL ELSE
FIRST BEFORE ALL ELSE
FIRST PRELIMINARY
FIRSTROUND PRELIMINARY
WHENTHEFIRST START OF A TIMELY QUIP
VERYFIRSTKISS END OF THE RIDDLE
FIRSTS "GUINNESS" LISTINGS
FIRST GUINNESS ADJECTIVE
FIRSTAPPEARANCE DEBUT
FIRSTTIME DEBUT
FIRSTS PRIMES
YOUFIRST "LEAD THE WAY!", AND A PHONETIC HINT TO THIS PUZZLE'S THEME
FIRSTDOWN START OF A GRIDIRON POSSESSION
FIRST PRIMARILY
FIRSTLY PRIMARILY
ANANAGRAMOFHERFIRSTNAME WHAT THE MYSTERY WORD AT 106 ACROSS IS, APTLY
FIRST PRIMO
FIRSTRATE PRIMO
FIRSTSTEP IT'S A START
FIRST PROTOTYPE
FIRST I SPILL THE BEANS, CHOKED BY SURPRISINGLY ARTFUL PRISONERS
JANUARYTHEFIRST DAY OF MANY HANGOVERS
LOVEAFIRSTSIGHT ___.COM
MEFIRST SELFISH
DOUBLEFIRST TOP HONOURS DEGREE IN TWO SUBJECTS
EWEFIRST POLITE PHRASE AMONG SHEEP?
FIRST EARLIEST
FIRSTRATE WONDERFUL
FIRSTOFFEBRUARY ONE MONTH AFTER NEW YEAR'S
IMNOTGOINGFIRST "CAN SOMEONE ELSE PLEASE START?"
FIRSTS ARMSTRONG ON THE MOON AND HILLARY ATOP MOUNT EVEREST
MEFIRST EAGER BEAVER'S DEMAND
FIRSTPART BASIC PRINCIPLES
FIRSTPERSON I, IN WRITING
FIRSTSEED TOP-RANKED PLAYER IN A TOURNAMENT
FIRSTS SOME GUINNESS BOOK RECORDS
FEETFIRST ENTRY MODE FOR FULL GAINERS
FIRSTPLACERIBBON AWARD FOR THE TOP SPOT
COMINGINFIRST TAKING THE TOP SPOT
FIRSTCLASSCOIN WHAT A VIP USES TO TIP THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT?
FIRSTS LEASTS
FIRST PRESIDENT'S WIFE'S TITLE, ... LADY
FIRSTGLANCE CRACK OF DAWN
FIRSTBLUSH CRACK OF DAWN
FIRSTCLASSSTAMP "FOREVER" PURCHASE
FIRSTMATE CAPTAIN'S AIDE
FIRST WHO'S POSITION, IN A FAMOUS SKETCH
FIRST TOP OF TREES, TOP OF TREES
FIRST DUE DATE FOR MANY BILLS
HEADFIRST CHIEF TEACHER GETS DEGREE TOO QUICKLY
FIRSTNAMES TOM, DICK AND HARRY
THEFIRSTCUCKOO SEE 11
FIRSTRUN NEW IN THEATERS
FIRSTIMPRESSION INTERVIEWEE'S CONSIDERATION
FIRSTAID IMMEDIATE HELP FOR THE SICK OR INJURED
PUDDINGPEOPLEFIRST ONE WAY TO ORGANIZE PEOPLE AT A DESSERT BAR?
HEADFIRST IMPETUOUSLY
ATFIRST PRIMITIVELY
FIRSTLIEUTET NAN IS OUT OF COMMISSION?
FIRST - AID; FORM OF EMERGENCY CARE TYPICALLY ADMINISTERED WITH A KIT BEARING A WHITE CROSS ON A GREEN BAC
FIRSTKNIGHT 1995 FILM IN WHICH SEAN CONNERY PLAYED KING ARTHUR
FIRST PRIME TIME UNDER TREES
FIRSTAIDKITS CARSON'S MEDICAL SUPPLY STORE?
FIRSTS LEADINGS
DIVEINHEADFIRST ATTACK AN ENDEAVOR VIGOROUSLY
FIRSTRESPONDER EMERGENCY WORKER ... WHOSE START IS A STATE NICKNAME FOR THE STATE INDICATED BY THE CIRCLED SQUARES
WENTFIRST LED
HOSONFIRST DON OPENS A HAWAIIAN REVUE?
THEFIRSTNOWELL MI RE DO RE MI FA SOL
FIRSTDANCE ACTIVITY FOR NEWLYWEDS AT A WEDDING RECEPTION
FIRST "THAT'S A ___!"
WHOSONFIRST A QUESTION FOR BUD ABBOTT?
FIRSTAIDKITT MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR A CHANTEUSE?
FIRSTSTRINGER BENCHWARMER'S COUNTERPART
FIRSTS IRISH MEN STUMPED AT SCHOOL GETTING THE BEST RESULTS FROM UNIVERSITY
FIRSTCLASS SECOND TO NONE
FIRST SECOND TO NONE
FIRST WORD THAT MAY PRECEDE THE INITIAL PARTS OF 17- AND 62-ACROSS AND 9- AND 33-DOWN
FIRSTCENTENNIAL 100TH ANNIVERSARY?
FIRSTLOVE SOURCE OF SOME NOSTALGIA
ATFIRST TO BEGIN WITH
FIRSTLY TO BEGIN WITH
FIRSTS HONOURS SEEN IN ONE HAND IN TWO
EVENINGSFIRSTSTAR MAKE A WISH ON THIS
FIRSTS THE WRIGHTS' FLIGHT, AND OTHERS
FIRST ___ CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
FIRST SAFETY ___
FIRSTGRADE ELEMENTARY LEVEL
THEFIRSTTEAM SEMINAL DISCOVERY BY SPORTS HISTORIANS?
FIRSTCHOP SUPERLATIVE
FIRSTRATE SUPERLATIVE
FIRSTBORN OLDEST TREES DIVIDED, BUSHES PRIMARILY RETAINED
FIRST ANTERIOR
FIRSTAIDSTATION NURSE'S POST, PERHAPS
FIRSTDAUGHTER INFORMAL POLITICAL TITLE THAT COULD BE APPLIED TO 15-, 17-, 46-, AND 48-ACROSS: 2 WDS.
THEFIRSTNOEL SEASONAL SONG
ATFIRSTSITE WHERE TO START CONSTRUCTION?
FIRSTBLUSH INITIALLY, AFTER "AT"
LASTFIRSTLADY LAURA BUSH?
FIRST PRIMEVAL
FIRST WORD THAT CAN PRECEDE EACH HALF OF EACH STARRED CLUE'S ANSWER
ATFIRSTSIGHT AS INITIALLY SEEN
FIRST GOOD MAN GOES BEHIND TREE TO BEGIN WITH
LAIESFIRST SAYS "I DIDN'T DO IT!" BEFORE FESSING UP?
TOBEOILEDFIRST SEE 28-ACROSS
FIRST IN STRIFE WHEN LOSING THE POINT AT THE BEGINNING
HEADFIRST HOW SOME DIVE IN
FIRSTINTHEFIELD LIKE LEADERS OF INDUSTRY
MYFIRSTRODEO NOT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT NEW TO ME?
FIRST JANUARY ___
FIRST HIGHEST DEGREE
WHOSONFIRST ABBOTT AND COSTELLO'S BASEBALL CLASSIC
FIRSTARMY NORMANDY INVASION FORCE
FIRSTS MANY THINGS IN HISTORY BOOKS
FIRST ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS
ATFIRSTSIGHT SEE 10 ACROSS
FIRST PRIME CONIFER SEEN NEAR THE STREET
FIRSTANDSECOND ... WITH RUNNERS ON ___...
IFATFIRST START OF A QUIP BY MILTON BERLE
FIRSTPART INFLUX
FIRSTBORN "B" IN SPELLING IS THE OLDEST OF THE OFFSPRING
FIRST TOP UNIVERSITY DEGREE
FIRSTPERFORMANCE OPENING NIGHT
FIRSTSHOWING OPENING NIGHT
FIRSTAPPEARANCE OPENING NIGHT
FIRSTNIGHTER TREES NOT SPREADING SO MUCH ROUND EDGE OF TOWN? ONE WANTS AN EARLY VIEWING
FIRSTPART BLIND DATE
MEFIRST EAGER ONE'S DEMAND
HEADFIRST NEWSPAPER TYCOON'S WRITTEN ABOUT DAUGHTER, THOUGH ON REFLECTION, RECKLESSLY
FIRSTIMPRESSION IT'S GOOD TO MAKE A GOOD ONE
INTHEFIRSTPLACE THE WINNER WAS EXPRESSING AN INITIAL CONSIDERATION
FIRSTOFTHEMONTH HAPPY TIME FOR LANDLORDS
FIRSTHARMONIC IN MUSIC, THE "FUNDAMENTAL" OR LOWEST NOTE OBTAINABLE FROM A LENGTH OF WIND INSTRUMENT TUBING
FIRSTLOOK UNVEILING
FIRSTTIMER JOHN CARPENTER ON "WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE," E.G.
FEETFIRST ONE WAY TO ENTER A POOL
FIRSTCOMEFIRSTSERVED EVERYONE WILL BE DEALT WITH IN ORDER
FIRSTDOG BUDDY AT 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
FIRST 1 IN A TREE-LINED AVENUE?
THEFIRSTORDER WHAT KYLO REN GETS WHEN STARBUCKS OPENS?
FIRSTCLASSHOTEL ONE OF SEVERAL NEAR RODEO DRIVE
FIRSTBORN "AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH HER ___ SON"
FIRSTLADYOFSONG NICKNAME FOR ELLA FITZGERALD
FIRST NUMERO UNO
FIRST ACHIEVEMENT SAID TO BE WINNER, WITHOUT HESITATION
ATFIRST (A) - AN IRISHMAN'S CRAVING FOR DRINK, HUGGING FEMALE
FIRSTAIDKITTY GARFIELD AS AN EMT?
FIRSTPERFORMANCE GALA PERFORMANCE
FIRST PREFERABLY
POLEINTOFIRST "THE RACE HAS JUST BEGUN, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE CAR FROM WARSAW WILL ___!"
FIRSTOPTION FIRST CHANCE TO BUY SOMETHING
FIRSTDEGREEBURN CERTAIN SUPERFICIAL WOUND
FIRST TOP DEGREE CLASS
WHOSONFIRSTAID HELP CATEGORY FOR CLASSIC COMEDY BITS?
FIRSTTEAM STARTING LINEUP
FIRSTCENTENNIAL WHAT AMERICANS CELEBRATED IN 1876?
FIRST WHAT LOU GEHRIG PLAYED
FIRSTBOOKOF PRIME COLLECTION OF OLD SOVEREIGNS (5,4,2,5)
FIRSTDATES MEMORABLE OUTINGS
FIRSTMATE CAPTAIN'S AID
FIRSTCLASSHOTEL THE PENINSULA IN BEVERLY HILLS, E. G.
FIRSTPERFORMANCE SNEAK PREVIEW
FIRSTSTATE DELAWARE'S NICKNAME, OR A HINT TO 17-, 23- AND 54- ACROSS
FIRSTBLOOD 1982 MOVIE ABOUT A FORMER GREEN BERET
ATFIRST ORIGINALLY
INTHEFIRSTINSTANCE ORIGINALLY
FIRSTSWIPE TLC'S ONLINE DATING/STYLE MAKEOVER SHOW, "LOVE AT ___ ___"
FIRSTNAMES PETER, PAUL AND MARY
DOUBLEFIRST UNCERTAINTY ABOUT LIFERS STRUGGLING FOR ACADEMIC DISTINCTION
FIRSTOFALL BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE
FIRSTGRADE *KIDS' INTRODUCTION TO A FULL SCHOOL DAY
FIRST "WHICH CAME ___, THE CHICKEN..."
FIRSTPART KNOCKDOWN
ATFIRSTIWAS START OF A FAN'S ANECDOTE
FIRSTPORTOFCALL CRUISE SHIP'S INITIAL STOP
FIRST PRIORITY
FIRSTRUN NEW, AS A MOVIE
FIRSTS BEST QUALITY OF MERCHANDISE
FIRSTSTRIKE INITIAL USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PUTSFIRST ESTABLISHES AS MOST IMPORTANT
FIRSTLETTER ALPHABET START
APRILFIRST APRIL FOOLS' DAY
FIRST THE DAY OF THE MONTH ON WHICH APRIL FOOL'S DAY OCCURS
FIRST LIKE A LEADING MAN
FIRSTS BABY BOOK ENTRIES
FIRSTSTEPS BABY BOOK MILESTONES
FIRST WHO'S POSITION, IN A COMEDY ROUTINE
FIRST INITIAL PIECE OF INSTRUCTION USED IN THE SERVICES
ONTHEFIRSTCOUNT START OF A JURY FOREMAN'S STATEMENT, PERHAPS
FIRSTLIEUTENANT CAPTAIN'S SUBORDINATE
FIRSTTIMER TYRO
FIRSTSTRINGER A-TEAM MEMBER
FIRSTPITCH PRESIDENTIAL DUTY ON OPENING DAY, FREQUENTLY
FIRST PRECEDING ALL OTHERS IN NUMBERING OR COUNTING ORDER
FIRST WORD IN A WHITE HOUSE TITLE
THEFIRSTLETTERS FIND CONTEST'S META-ANSWER BY READING ___ OF THESE CLUES
CUTTHEFIRSTTURF BREAK THE ICE
FIRSTIMPRESSION INITIAL REACTION
FIRST PLACE TO WALK TO
ATFIRSTGLANCE ON THE FACE OF IT
INTHEFIRSTPLACE WHERE ADAM AND EVE SINNED ORIGINALLY
FIRSTPART FIRST TASTE
FIRSTNAME BOB, TOM, CAROL OR JANET
FIRSTDANCE WEDDING-PARTY TRADITION
FIRST INITIATORY
FIRST PRECEDING ALL OTHERS
WHOSONFIRST "TIME" BEST COMEDY SKETCH OF THE 20TH CENTURY
WALKTOFIRSTBASE WHAT FOUR BALLS MAY LET YOU DO
LADIESFIRST OPENING STATEMENT?
FIRSTPAST "WINNER TAKES ALL" - SEE COMPLETE ARTICLE IN "BUGLE CALL"
FIRSTPASTTHEPOST WAY OF ELECTING PREMIER BY LETTERS, PERHAPS
FIRSTS HEAVYWEIGHTS
FIRSTDAYBACK IT'S THE SECONDOF-JANUARY 2018 AND FOR MOST CANADIANS, IT'S THE WHAT FOR THEM AT WORK AFTER THE HOLIDAYS?: 3 WDS.
LOVEATFIRSTPARASITE INSTANTANEOUS ATTRACTION TO A FREELOADER?
FIRSTPERSONSING "BELT IT OUT, ADAM!"?
FIRST INTRODUCTORY
THEFIRSTMANGETS BEGINNING OF A QUIP
FIRSTSTRING PONY'S A-TEAM?
FIRST LOW GRADE?
FIRSTPART Exordium
FIRSTLY MICHELLE OBAMA TAKING OUT AD, INITIALLY
FIRSTAIDSTATION EMERGENCY TREATMENT SITE
FIRSTOFFENDER ONE COMMITTING CRIME ON INITIAL OCCASION
FIRSTMANORWOMAN MIDDLE OF QUOTE
FIRST Six-year-old's grade, often
FIRSTMEALS Book about cooking baby food at home
FIRSTONETOBLINK Loser in a staring contest
FIRSTIMPRESSION Snap judgment, all too often
FIRSTPSALM Old Testament poem that begins "Blessed is the man that walketh ..."
FACEFIRST BAD WAY TO FALL
FIRSTS Some Guinness Book listings
FIRST Elder trees close to hut
FIRSTBEGOTTEN Better gift son lost to trickery - Esau's position, not Jacob's
HEADFIRST PRECIPITATELY
FIRSTSTRING A-TEAM
WSONFIRST *Observation after a Bush walk?
FIRSTCLASSSTAMP It's stuck on some mail
FIRST 2004 Drew Barrymore romcom, 50 ----- Dates
FIRSTEXPRESSING Broaching of a subject?
FIRSTTHEBADNEWS MESSENGER'S OPENING, PERHAPS
GETSTOFIRSTBASE Makes early progress
PLAYFIRSTFIDDLE Bow before all - or none
FEETFIRST One way to enter the pool
FIRSTCLASSSEATS Upfront offerings
HEARSTSFIRSTS Historic events at a communications company?
FIRSTS Historic events
FIRST Certainly not the last tree on the street
FIRST Gold-medal position
IFATFIRSTYOU Sage advice, part 1
GETTOFIRSTBASS Low-voiced choir member's goal?
FIRSTBLUSH First flush of morning
FIRSTGLANCE First flush of morning
FIRSTFAMILY They call the White House home
FIRST "Before anything else..."
FIRSTPLACE WHAT THE RUNNER-UP DIDN'T ATTAIN
FIRST The place for the winner
THEFIRSTLADYSINGS "Whitewater isn't over till ___"
FIRSTNAME WHAT SOME PEOPLE GO BY
FIRSTRUNNERUP Miss America's understudy
FIRSTMORTGAGES Homebuyers' concerns
THEFIRSTNOVEL Fiction writer's milestone?
FIRSTINFIRSTOUT TYPICAL METHOD OF OPERATION FOR DRY CLEANERS
FIRSTOFTHEMONTH Due date, often
JANUARYFIRST NEW YEAR'S DAY
JANUARYTHEFIRST NEW YEAR'S DAY
FIRSTDRAFT EARLIEST VERSION OF A SPEECH
FIRST Gold medalist's position
FIRST Put hand around heartily merry maiden
ATFIRSTHAND CAST ADRIFT, HASN'T SHOWN DIRECTLY
NOTMYFIRSTRODEO "Done this a few times before"
FIRST WHO'S POSITION
FIRSTIMPRESSION LASTING MEMORY, PERHAPS
FIRSTLAHOWDIES Initial Laker greetings when Shaq arrived from Orlando?
AFIRST SOMETHING UNPRECEDENTED
Firstflight KITTY HAWK CLAIM TO FAME
FIRSTAID IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE
FIRST UNPRECEDENTED
FIRST No. 1 in a tree-lined thoroughfare?
FIRSTBORN Heir to a throne, typically
FIRSTFLUSHOFMORNING First glance
FIRSTEDITION BOOK COLLECTOR'S DELIGHT
FIRSTWATER Highest grade
FIRSTCRATE Original box
FIRSTGEAR WHAT MAY BE SELECTED IN A VEHICLE
FIRST Primordial
FIRST Before anyone else, a top degree
FIRST Climbing gear?
FIRSTDOWNS They begin the rush to the goalposts
WHICHCAMEFIRST Chicken/egg dilemma
FIRSTSTRING STARTING PLAYERS
FIRSTNIGHT (TIME OF) INITIAL PERFORMANCE
FIRST The rock of "rock, paper, scissors" keeps right on top
AMERICAFIRSTER *Opponent of the U.S. entry into WWII
FIRST OPPOSITE OF 36-ACROSS
FIRSTCLASSCABIN FIVE-STAR SECLUDED GETAWAY?
FIRST Heavy stuff
THEFIRST Month's start
MEFIRST You might give them props
FIRSTRUNNERUP Second place finisher
FIRSTTIMEAUTHOR NEW NOVELIST, E.G.
FIRSTWATER Highest quality
FIRST Ahead of the pack
HEADFIRST Democrat, if after backing, to visit US press baron - rashly perhaps
FIRST To start with, right hand, clenched, is holding
FIRSTS There are 12 in a year
FIRSTS THEY'RE UNPRECEDENTED
FIRSTHANDREPORT Eyewitness account
FIRSTOFMARCH ST DAVID'S DAY
FIRSTS Noteworthy events
FIRSTGSTRING Stripper's scrapbook item?
FIRSTVIOLIN ORCHESTRAL VIP
FIRST November ___; All Saints' Day
NOVEMBERFIRST All Saints' Day: 2 wds.
FIRSTFRUITS Earliest results of work
FIRSTAIDKIT TRUNK ITEM
FIRST Fail resit? Here are the odds, to begin with
FIRSTUP IRISH MEN'S RAM WAKES WHOLE HOUSE IN MORNING
FIRST This Across answer, in order
FIRST Word before Lady or down
FIRST For which place does one receive a gold medal
FIRST Who's there, in a bit
FIRSTSTEPIN QUOTE, PART 2
ATFIRSTHAND FROM THE ORIGINATOR
FIRSTNFLPROBOWL It was played in 1939
FIRSTADDITION 1 + 1 = 2?
ATFIRST TREES IN A THICKET CLEARED INITIALLY
DOUBLEFIRST DEGREE LOOKALIKE'S TAKEN BEFORE ANYONE ELSE?
FIRST With 5-Across, baby's milestone ... or a hint to the hidden layer in this puzzle's Across clues
FIRST AID SETTLED UNDER TREE TO GET MEDICAL ATTENTION
LADIESFIRST TENET OF CHIVALRY
FIRSTSTAGE NO 1 PLATFORM?
FIRST WHO's there
FIRST Excellent degree consistent with keeping every second in arts
SAFETYFIRST MOTTO FOR THE CAUTIOUS, AND A HINT TO THE STARTS OF 17-, 23-, 39-, AND 50-ACROSS
FIRST Foremost and hindmost of four-in-hand
FIRSTSTRING STARTERS ON A TEAM
FIRST WINNING POSITION
FIRST On top of the standings
FIRST The tree by the way is elder
FIRSTNAME Gift from Mom and Dad
FIRSTAIDKIT EMERGENCY ITEM HIDING A TEXTER'S "BEATS ME"
FIRSTMINISTER POLITICAL LEADER, ONE IN CHURCH BEHIND CARDINAL
FIRST Novel Virus Centre has a tight hand over it
FEETFIRST One way to jump in a pool
FIRSTFRUITS Initial results following game in trees with birds
FIRSTLENSMAN E.E. Smith cousin of "I Am a Camera"?
FIRST Initially before blood, knight or contact?
FIRST Word in many bank names
FIRSTBLOOD *ORIGINAL FILM IN THE RAMBO SERIES
FIRSTSTORYMEN Burglary school dropouts?
IFATFIRST START OF A QUOTE ABOUT CREATIVITY BY 58-ACROSS/39-DOWN
FIRST Right hand is holding, to begin with
FIRST ___ Lady Michelle Obama
HEADFIRST Rashly, teacher overlooks best class
FIRSTISSUE PHILATELIST'S COLLECTIBLE
HEADFIRST I fret and dash off without thinking enough
FIRSTDANCE WEDDING RECEPTION HIGHLIGHT ... AND A FEATURE OF FOUR PUZZLE ANSWERS
FIRSTIMPRESSION Something given at a meeting
SEEAMERICAFIRST Motto for vacationers?
FIRSTS Conifer streets were one of the originals
HEADFIRST Dead trees consumed by fire without much opportunity to think?
FIRSTIN DUCK EGGS RETURNED IN SACK, ABOUT TO BE SERVED?
FIRSTRATE TREE'S CONDITION ROUND TOP OF ROOTS: EXCELLENT
FIRST Trees planted at edge of forest by Geoff or Damien
HEADFIRST One way to dive
FIRST "For starters..."
FIRSTPERSON ADAM?
TWOFIRSTNAMES WHAT SIX PEOPLE IN THIS PUZZLE MIGHT BE SAID TO POSSESS
FIRSTAIDKIT BOX WITH BANDAGES AND GAUZE
FIRST "___ comment"
FIRST Queen Latifah's "Ladies ___"
INTHEFIRSTPLACE FOR STARTERS
FROMFIRSTTOLAST HORRIFIC DROP FOR A TEAM
FIRSTCLASSPOST TOP JOB THAT ONE EXPECTS TO GET NEXT DAY
FIRST 50 ___ Dates
FIRSTCLASS UNITED OFFERING
FIRST Placing of the winner may create rifts
FIRSTWWAR The Treaty of Versailles ended it
FIRSTAID EMERGENCY CARE
HEADFIRST He's adrift in panic having gone in precipitately
HEADFIRST How most babies come out
FIRST Tree on the way ahead
AFIRST IT HASN'T HAPPENED BEFORE
FIRSTYEAR LIKE A FRESHMAN
FIRSTTAKE ROBERTA FLACK ALBUM
APRILTHEFIRST FOOLISH TIME
FIRSTS HISTORY-MAKING EVENTS
FIRST NO 1, DOUGLAS STREET?
FIRSTS GROUNDBREAKERS
FIRSTMATE ADAM AND EVE?
FIRST INITIAL TREE ON STREET
FIRSTLADY BARBARA BUSH OR MICHELLE OBAMA?
FIRSTRATE OF THE HIGHEST EXCELLENCE
FIRST 22 DOWN'S CONFUSED, WHERE VICTORY LIES IN VIRTUE
LADIESFIRST HOW OLD SCHOOL BUILDER SCHEDULES INSTALLATION OF FACILITIES
FIRSTOFFENDERS TRADITIONALLY, ADAM AND EVE PEOPLE NOT PREVIOUSLY IN SUITS
FIRSTCLASS THE TEACHER IS __
FIRSTAMENDMENT SOURCE OF THE FREEDOMS FOUND AT THE ENDS OF THIS PUZZLE'S FOUR OTHER LONGEST ANSWERS
FIRSTAMENDMENT FREEDOM OF SPEECH GUARANTOR
FIRSTINFIRSTOUT EXPLAINS MARCHING ORDERS TO THE NEW GUY LEADING FASHIONABLE IRISHMEN ON THE BEER
FIRSTS IRISH MEN TAKING CAR IN SHIP FOR UNPRECEDENTED EVENTS
FIRSTPERSON I
FIRST I
FIRSTISSUE EVERY TOP GRADUATE HAS ONE, EVERY PARENT HAS ONE AND EVERY NEWSPAPER HAS ONE
FIRSTBORN ELDEST
FIRSTEDITION HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE BOOK
FIRSTAIDSTATION EMERGENCY TREATMENT AREA
FIRST WHO'S ON IT
FIRST PREMIER
ATFIRST IN THE BEGINNING
FIRSTWORLDWAR WHEN THOMAS SAID NOW ALL ROADS LEAD TO FRANCE AND MAJOR CONFLICT
FIRSTOFAUGUST AFTER JULY DUCK HITS 108?
FIRSTCLASS *EXPENSIVE FLYING OPTION
FIRSTOFALL CHIEF OUGHT TO TUMBLE BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE
FIRSTPRINCIPLES BASICS OF BREWING PILSNER (CF SPIRIT)
FIRSTDEGREE *MOST SERIOUS OR LEAST SERIOUS
FIRSTPARTY WOOD GIVEN PEN TO OUTLINE ROLE OF SOMEONE DIRECTLY INVOLVED
FIRSTHAND QUEEN STOPS DUKE WITH CHINESE DELEGATION'S LEADER BECOMING PERSONAL
FAUXFIRST CHEATER'S VICTORY?
FIRSTIMPRESSION MOST OF THOSE IN 1 DOWN AND 22 ACROSS OFFERING SNAP JUDGEMENT THAT LASTS A LIFETIME
FIRSTNAME IT COULD BE WILLIAM SPOONER'S CHERISHED REPUTATION
FIRSTOPTION *OFTEN THE BEST CHOICE, IN RETROSPECT
LADIESFIRST RULE OF ORDER?
FIRSTS THINGS RECORD-BREAKERS HOLD
FIRST Best place to finish a race
FIRST Historic happening
FIRSTS All the best trees up the street
FIRSTMATE Kindergarten friend who's done well at sea?
FIRSTLIGHT Time when an early riser is awake
FIRSTBLOOD Tree planted outside British Library an early hit
FIRST & 26 down Stuck in this, Rosberg�s foremost gifts are wasted
FIRSTLIEUTENANT Single silver bar wearer
AFIRST 'This is totally new!'
INTHEFIRSTPLACE Lift isn't cheaper to repair, initially
SITINFIRSTCLASS Be up front on a plane
First Forty-Nine Stories The Fifth Column and the ____ is an anthology of Ernest Hemingway writings
FIRSTCLASS SUPERIOR
FIRST OPENING
FIRSTRODEO SEE 48-ACROSS
FIRSTHAND DIRECT
AT FIRST INITIALLY
FIRSTLY BEFORE ALL ELSE
FIRSTLANGUAGE NATIVE TONGUE
FIRSTTIMER INEXPERIENCED ONE
GOESFIRST LEADS
FIRSTPRIZE Blue ribbon
FIRSTMATE RIGHT HAND
FIRST Due date, often
FIRSTINLINE UP NEXT
NOVEMBERFIRST N
CHARLESTHEFIRST ON LEAVING DANCE, DRUNKEN SERF HIT MONARCH
FirstSeaLord NAVAL OFFICER CASTS LOSERS ADRIFT
FIRSTCHAPTER TO A DEGREE, ONE OF THOSE AT UNIVERSITY WITH WRITER'S BLOCK? THAT'S ONE FOR THE BOOKS!
FIRST TREE SURGEON'S PLANT IS ABOUT RIGHT FOR ME
FIRSTOFALL TREES TO COME DOWN, INITIALLY
FIRSTOFTHEMONTH TODAY, E.G. ... OR WHAT IS FOUND IN 12 PUZZLE ANSWERS
FIRSTMATE GILLIGAN WAS ONE
FIRSTPERSON "I" PERSPECTIVE
FIRSTLOVE GRADE SCHOOL CRUSH, OFTEN
FIRST ELDEST DAUGHTER INITIALLY CONCEIVED INTERNALLY WITH AI
FIRSTFLOOR GROUND LEVEL, USUALLY
FIRSTMINISTER TOP POLITICIAN STARTS TO FIND ISSUES MOUNT UP, SEIZED BY RIGHT AND LEFT
FIRSTCLASSFLUTE EXCEPTIONAL WIND?
FIRSTHAND FROM DIRECT EXPERIENCE
ATFIRSTGLANCE TO THE CASUAL OBSERVER IN ATTENDANCE, GETTING AWARD FROM UNIVERSITY IS GOOD FOR SPIKE
FIRSTCHAIR ORCHESTRA SECTION LEADER
FIRSTREFUSAL OFFER THAT SPOILS A SO FAR CLEAR ROUND
INTHEFIRSTPLACE WHERE THE WINNER CAN BE FOUND FROM THE BEGINNING
FIRSTBID AUCTION ACTION STARTER
FIRSTWATCH EARLY LOOKOUT SHIFT
FIRSTCLASS A1
AFIRST SOMETHING NEVER DONE BEFORE
FEETFIRST F
FIRSTAID IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY CARE
FIRSTLIGHT DAWN FRENCH IN ROMANTIC SITCOM THAT STARTS NOT TOO DEMANDING
FIRSTS PRECEDENT SETTERS
FIRSTAID EMERGENCY CARE FOR IRISHMEN INITIALLY TRAUMATISED IN EGYPTIAN PORT
FIRSTRATE WORLD-CLASS
FIRSTCLASSEATS GREAT DINER FOOD?
TAKETHEFIRSTLETTERSOF
FIRSTOFF *IMMEDIATELY
SAFETYFIRST MOTTO FOR THE CAUTIOUS ... OR A HINT TO THE STARTS OF 17-, 28-, 37- AND 45-ACROSS
FIRSTCLASSES WHAT OVERSLEEPERS MIGHT MISS?
FIRST WHO'S BASE
FIRSTAID EMERGENCY TREATMENT
FROMTHEFIRST THE EARLY STAGES AFTER LAST DAY OF APRIL
FIRSTAIDKIT EMERGENCY ITEM
FIRSTAID EMERGENCY CARE FOR IRISHMEN ON SQUARE IN EGYPTIAN PORT
FIRSTSTRING LIKE THE STARTING TEAM, AND A HINT TO THE ANSWERS TO STARRED CLUES
FIRSTPRIZE CONTESTANT'S GOAL
FIRST BLUE-RIBBON PLACE
FIRSTINFIRSTOUT AT THE TOP OF THE QUEUE FOR A SPEEDY EXIT WITH OLD STOCK SOLD AHEAD OF THE REST
FIRSTWORD TRAP #2
FIRSTEDITION BIBLIOPHILE'S PRIZE
FIRSTAID EMERGENCY CARE FOR FINAL RESPECTABLE IRISHMEN
CALLEDOUTATFIRST YELLED INITIALLY?
FIRSTINLINE NEXT UP
FIRSTAID IRISHMEN UNADVENTUROUS CARING FOR ONE INITIALLY
ILLGOFIRST TRAILBLAZER'S DECLARATION ... OR A HINT TO 17-, 19-, 34- AND 51-ACROSS
FIRSTTIMER *INEXPERIENCED SORT
AFIRST WHAT SENDING SOMEONE TO MARS WOULD BE
GOFIRST LEAD OFF ... OR A HINT TO THE CIRCLED LETTERS
FIRST LEADER'S POSITION
FIRSTVIOLIN ORCHESTRA VIP
FIRSTKISS MEMORABLE ROMANTIC MOMENT
FIRST RATING A GOLD MEDAL
FIRSTPLACE FIJI, OF FIJI, ARUBA, MONACO AND VAIL?
MEFIRST "I'M GOING BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE!"
FIRSTTIME THERE'S ONE FOR EVERYTHING
FIRSTNIGHT BROADWAY EVENT
FIRSTLADY BARBARA BUSH OR LAURA BUSH
FIRSTDATE MEETING THAT'S LIKELY TO BE AWKWARD
MEFIRST SELFISH DEMAND
FIRSTIMPRESSION INPUT FOR A PERSONNEL INTERVIEWER
FIRSTPASTTHEP LIKE A SIMPLE-MAJORITY VOTING SYSTEM
AFIRST SOMETHING RECORD-BREAKING
FIRSTSNOW WINTER MILESTONE
MEFIRST EGOISTIC DEMAND
FIRSTCLASSCABIN PRICEY ACCOMMODATIONS ON A SHIP
FIRSTBASE WHERE THE SECOND PARTS OF 17-, 29- AND 46-ACROSS MIGHT GET YOU
FIRSTCRUSADE 11TH-CENTURY CAMPAIGN [4]
FIFTYFIRSTSTATE COUNTRY THAT'S AN EXTREMELY CLOSE AMERICAN ALLY, SO TO SPEAK
FIRSTS GROUNDBREAKING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
LADIESFIRST "AFTER YOU" RELATIVE
FIRSTSTATE DELAWARE'S NICKNAME, OR A HINT TO 17-, 23-, AND 54-ACROSS
GETSTOFIRSTBASE MAKES SOME PROGRESS
FIRSTAIDKIT *EMERGENCY SUPPLIES
FIRSTIMPRESSION SNAP JUDGMENT, OFTEN
FIRSTCLASS PREFERENTIAL PLANE SEATING
FIRSTTHOUGHT INITIAL IMPRESSION
FIRSTBLUSH INITIAL IMPRESSION
FIRSTCURATE ORIGINAL ANGLICAN ASSISTANT PRIEST?
FIRSTBORN LIKE CAIN
FIRSTAVENUE EASTSIDE MANHATTAN THOROUGHFARE
FIRSTQUENCHER WATER?
LADIESFIRST DOOR HOLDER'S QUAINT INVITATION
APRILTHEFIRST 1 across
FIRSTDATE Adolescent rite of passage
ATFIRST Attending to tree on street, initially
FIRSTPERSONSING 'Belt it out, Adam!'?
FIRSTOFFENDER Best volunteer to keep goal is one who hasn't slipped up before
FIRSTLIEUTENANT Certain military leader
FIRSTDIBS Choice before anybody else
FIRSTEDITION Collectible book
FIRSTAIDER Company falling short — more sedate person needed in emergency
first-day cover Commemorative envelope from factory drives production
FIRSTAID Douglas perhaps sober getting medical treatment
MEFIRST Eager child's demand
FIRSTAID Emergency treatment - nearly all decided to sedate
FIRSTYEAR Freshman
FIRSTRATE Guitar held by axe ace
FIRSTSTRING Group of starting players
FIRSTCLASSMAIL How letters are sent
HEADFIRST Hardiest criminal accepts fine prematurely
GETTOFIRSTBASE Have an initial success
FIRSTPERSON I work for spinster
ATFIRST Initially, a series of races encircling trees
FIRST HARMONIC In music, the “fundamental” or lowest note obtainable from a length of wind instrument tubing
FIRSTBLUSH Initial consideration
FIRSTGLANCE Initial assessment
FIRST It's never been done before
FIRSTINFIRSTOUT Method of valuing inventories
FIRSTLADY Michelle Obama, for example
FIRSTLADY Michelle Obama or Laura Bush ... or any starred woman in this puzzle, for her position?
FIRSTMATE Never been married before on board
FIRSTRUN New film's initial showings
FIRSTLIGHT Opening match in early morning
FIRSTNIGHT Opening theatrical performance
COMESFIRST Precedes all others
ONFIRST Preparing to steal, perhaps
WHICHCOMESFIRST Quip (part 2)
FIRSTAID Quick service provided before second helping?
FIRSTRIKE Risky nuclear action
FIRST Rifts (anag)
FIRSTLIEUTENANT Ship's officer's instant true-life representation
FIRSTINNING Start of a baseball game
FIRST 'That's a ___!'
FIRSTBIRTHDAY The time of one¿s life perhaps at initial anniversary
FIRSTRATE The speed in bottom gear is excellent
FIRSTCLASSSEAT Traveler's plane upgrade
ATFIRST Trees planted in middle of Seattle, initially
AT FIRST To start with
FIRST Unprecedented event
FIRSTDRAFT Version needing revision
OFTHEFIRSTWATER Unsurpassed wit -- foster-father cracks up
FIRSTCLASS Very early lesson for those starting school of the best quality
FIRSTLADY Wife of US president
FIRSTCLASS Year 1 at school is marvellous
FIRST 'Eclipse _____ ...
FIRSTAID Female diarist shot, gets immediate attention
FIRSTBLOOD Hematologist's favorite film (1982)
Firstflight High-class maiden trip?
FIRST Historic event
AT FIRST Initially explosive start around F1
WENTFIRST Led off
Firstreading Liberal is redrafting Parliamentary process
FIRSTFOOTING New Year activity with original basis
FIRST Place for winners
FIRSTAID Purpose of a certain kit
FIRSTNIGHT Start of play
FIRSTCLASSHOTEL The Peninsula in Beverly Hills, e.g
TOSSFIRST What captains do for starters
THEFIRST '-- Time Ever I Saw Your Face'
FIRST & 2 Early new year arrivals bringing good luck
SAMEFIRSTLETTER ... still more ...
FIRSTOFJANUARY 1/1
FIRSTFAMILY 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. residents
FIRSTKID 1996 comedy with Sinbad as a Secret Service agent
FIRSTCLASSPOST A good job it delivers on time!
ATFIRST A thirst with following for Hearts to begin with
FIRSTMATES Adam and Eve as ship's officers?
GETTOFIRSTBASE Achieve initial success
FIRSTCRACK Advantageous opportunity
ATFIRSTSIGHT After early appearance knocks out T-shirt as gift
FIRSTAID Ambulance offering
FIRST and 16: Initial opportunity for buyer flashing rare fistfuls
CHANCEFIRSTBASE 1908 Cubs player and position
FIRSTCLASS Best train seating area
FIRSTCLASS Best way to go? A1
ELEVENTYFIRST Bilbo's Magnificent Birthday Run that invokes the Lord above?
Firstreading Bill's initial appearance, walking past trees
Firstreading Bill's initial appearance, walking under trees
INTHEFIRSTPLACE Before anything else, leading article must be suppressed
FIRSTFORKNOWLEDGE Brand-new scientific discovery?
FIRST Blue-ribbon finish
FIRSTAIDKIT Camper's emergency gear
FIRSTGRADE Class following kindergarten
FIRST Combination of wood and stone is best
FIRST Day after 19-Across
FIRST Degree to which trees start to tremble
first-born Demented Fortinbras, sending away a likely heir?
FIRSTONETOBLINK Definition of a loser
HEADFIRST Democrat, if after backing, to visit US press baron — rashly perhaps
FIRST LIGHT Dawning, as the answer to this clue will be?
FIRST Destination 90 feet from home
FIRSTLADY Bess Truman or Barbara Bush
FIRSTFOOT Duke accepts right pay to be earliest New Year visitor
LADIESFIRST Dyes fur, we hear, in ultimate gesture to fair sex
FIRSTDAYCOVER Envelope with stamps specially postmarked
FIRSTCLASS Excellent form for newcomers to school
FIRSTMATE Eve is one, at sea
first-rate Excellent trees in front of Gallery? About right
Firstflight Excellent introduction to modern travel
FIRSTLIEUTENANT Executive officer of a ship in the Royal Navy
FIRSTCLASS Expensive airplane section
THEFIRSTJOEL Earliest tune that singer Billy ever wrote?
FIRSTCLASSPOST Fast mail service
FIRSTBORN Eldest child
FIRSTBORN Eldest child in a family
FIRSTCLASS Fantabulous, as a hotel
WHYMUSTYOUFIRST Borrower's question (Part 1)
FIRST 'For starters ...'
FIRSTCLASS Form one? Excellent!
ATFIRST From the get-go
FIRSTLADY Formerly, Jackie Kennedy for example
FIRSTLADY FT's daily rambling about Republican president's wife
FIRSTFLOOR Building's ground level
GEORGETHEFIRST German king foolishly greets foe, right?
FIRST ''For starters . . .''
FIRSTS Gold-medal wins
FIRSTFAMILY Group living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
FIRSTS Historic happenings
FIRSTAIDER Emergency worker making tree more steady
FIRSTTOTHIRD How Mel advanced on a base hit, sometimes? (see letters 7 to 5)
HEADFIRST How a diver should get in top gear, for example
first-class mail Excellent fellow, it's said — should come promptly to 2?
FIRST Fail resits, regularly taken to get good degree
HEADFIRST How a diver usually gets in top gear to start
FIRSTINFIRSTOUT Inventory valuation method
FIRSTAID Is adrift at sea, needing immediate help
GOESFIRST Is a pioneer
FIRSTHALF It comes before an interval
FIRSTAID It might be needed if dart is misdirected
AFIRST It hasn't been seen before
FIRSTAID Initial treatment before doctor arrives
FIRSTINFIRSTOUT Inventory accounting method
FIRSTOFFENDER Jailhouse newbie
FIRSTAID Leading publicity about one paramedic's task
FIRSTIMPRESSION Job interview concern, or a hint to this puzzle's theme
FIRSTAID Grave next to tree will get immediate treatment
FIRSTCLASS Luxury style of travel
FIRSTPERSON I or we (grammar)
FIRSTELEVEN In organised events rifle club's best side is seen
FIRST In winning position, grabbing rook?
FIRST EDITION Initial printing (of a book)
FIRSTDATE Meeting for coffee, maybe
FIRSTMATE 'Never been married before on board (5,4)'
FIRSTMATE Never married before on board
FIRSTMATE No husband before him on board
MEFIRST Non-waiter's demand
FIRSTDEGREE Most serious, as a crime
FIRST No. 1 Conifer Street
FIRSTS Novel things
FIRSTSTRING Foremost, as a team member
FIRST No 1, Deal Street
FIRSTH Opening 30 minutes of football
FIRSTCRAFT Noah's 38-Down?
Firstflight NORTH CAROLINA (minted 2001)
FEETFIRST One way to land
FIRST Mark McGwire's position
FIRSTAID On Christmas tree, put conventional dressing
FIRSTAID Preliminary medical assistance before doctor arrives
HEADFIRST Principal leading impulsively
HEADFIRST Primary principal previously precipitate
FIRSTFAMILY Ones getting Secret Service protection
THEFIRSTDRAWING Question, part 2
FIRSTMATE Sailor in wood, say, hugging maiden
FIRSTMATE Second in command on ship, like primary spouse
FIRSTOFFENDER One's never been up a tree: effort ends disastrously!
FIRSTMATE Second in command on a merchant ship
FIFTYFIRSTDATES Sandler-Barrymore film
FIRSTAIDER Shooter overwhelms sober medical technician
FIRSTAID Help to make tree steady
LASTFIRSTLADY Hillary Clinton?
FIRST Solzhenitsyn's sort of circle
FIRSTRATE Start fire to be really excellent
FIRSTCLASSPOST Speedy delivery of stanchion to A1?
FIRSTCLASS Special coach for top students?
PENAFINALVERSIONFIRST How to avoid the draft
FIRST LADY Star female curiously the source of daughter’s frailty
GETTOFIRSTBASE Successfully open when set for a big test in new series
FIRSTKISS Romantic milestone
FIRSTAID 'Immediate emergency care (5,3)'
DOUBLEFIRST The best of students pines to be seen in Tudor garb
FIRSTLIGHT The answer to 1 across is 'Dawn'
LAIESFIRST Says 'I didn't do it!' before fessing up?
FIRSTAID Sedate Douglas perhaps preceding emergency treatment
OFTHEFIRSTWATER The conifers' weight eclipsed by potato: brilliant!
FIRSTAID Initial treatment for injured person before doctor arrives
ATFIRST Initially provided backing in new start
FIRSTFLOOR Initially, rise in lifts moving into top of building going up - reaches here?
FIRSTLADY The most important one was Eve, it seems
FIRSTCLASS Those in primary education, say, showing excellent form
FIRSTRATE Top-class, excellent
FIRSTAID Sombre after tree gets emergency treatment
FIRSTAID Trees I'd planted, bringing in volunteers to give emergency help
FIRSTOFF Sources of wood, good sort initially ...
FIRSTROUND It often starts a fight
FIRSTAID Tree rumoured to contain source of tannin for emergency treatment
IFATFIRSTYOU Start of a common-sense quip
THEFIRST Warm-up Tegan & Sara song?
ATFIRSTBRUSH Upon initially grooming one's hair?
FIRSTLIGHT What can make stir amid flock of birds: time for dawn chorus
JANUARYFIRST When the Rose Parade airs
FIRSTTEE Where a golf round starts
THEFIRSTNOEL The Christmas tree gets stolen perhaps, as carol starts
POLEINTOFIRST 'The race has just begun, and it looks like the car from Warsaw will ___!'
FIRSTCLASS Kindergarten, for many
FIRSTCLASS Top hole, it's best by train
FIRSTAID Tree reported, about time, needing emergency attention
DOUBLEFIRST Uncertainty about high fliers achieving such a good degree?
FIRSTCANDIDATEX LINE 1
THEWHOSONFIRST 'We'll open tonight's show with 'Magic Bus''?
TWOFIRSTNAMES What the people featured in this puzzle could be said to have
HEAD FIRST Without sufficient forethought
FIRSTMATE Never married an officer on board before?
FIRSTFOOT New Year visitor put excessively pink paper back on Christmas trees
FIRSTREFUSAL Privileged choice blighting showjumper's debut?
AFIRST Something novel
THEFIRSTTIMEI Start of a couch potato's quip
FIRSTLADY Title of American President's wife
FIRST Tree planted in front of street, originally
FIRSTTEE Where rounds begin
FIRSTAID Kind of kit
FIRSTBASE Singles hangout?
YOUFIRST "I'll go second"
FIRSTPERSON "I'm Adam" style?
FIRSTAIDAKIT Introduction to opera?
FIRSTAID Preliminary medical help pending arrival of doctor
FIRSTFOOTING Frog fits into weird winter celebration
FIRSTOFALL 'Let me start by saying . . .'
FIRSTCLASS Kindergarten for superior training?
FIRST Shift position?
FIRST Best place to finish a race?
FIRSTDATE It may not include a kiss
FIRST Like Lord Archer's eponymous character (inter pares)
FIRSTDRAFTPIG Friz Freleng's initial sketch of Porky?
FIRSTONE The sound of the conifer is enough to give one a start
FIRSTDAUGHTER Whom each of this puzzle's featured women have as a namesake
FIRSTOFFENDER One getting a light sentence? (2 words)
FIRSTEPISTLES 1 Peter and 1 Timothy, in the Bible
INTHEFIRSTPLACE Where to find Adam and Eve?
FIRSTTIME 'Ever done this before?'
FIRST LADY Eve welcoming half-cut Adam in for starters
FIRST Gold digger ultimately in boxer?
FIRSTROUNDBY Playoff perks for NFL division winners
FIRSTLADY 'To begin ...'
FIRST PERSON I, Adam?
SEEAMERICAFIRST Slogan promoting US tourism
FIRSTBORN Heir to the throne, usually
FIRSTFROST Autumn event, in Vermont
FIRSTAMENDMENT Protector of free speech
first-degree Sort of murder, getting a BSc perhaps!
FIRST Republican suppressed by duke in dominant position
APRILFIRST Day for many pranks
FIRST Like the egg, some say
FIRSTS Notable events in a baby's life
FIRSTCLASSCABIN Exclusive airplane area
FIRSTINTHEFIELD Leading ploughman, perhaps?
ONFIRST Like a single person?
FIRSTHAND Number one confronts worker directly
FIRSTOFFENDER One who has not been charged previously
FIRSTPRIZE Gold medal, e.g
COMEFIRST Precede all others
FIRSTS Novel events
FIRSTS Highest standings
FIRSTDEGREEBURN Bachelor poet detailed superficial suffering
FIRSTLIGHT Trees closely packed around lake in the dawn
FIRST Prime trees will take time
PLACEINTHEFIRST End up winning and coming second at the same time?
FIRSTLIMADEFENSE Initial protective action, Ohio-style?
FIRSTLIEUTENANT Officer needing loo in speech in US, that would be left here
FIRSTROW Likely site of audience participation
FIRST 'For starters . . .'
FIRST Stone found below tree tops
FIRST AID Immediate medical treatment
FIRSTTHEBADNEWS 'I'll start on a low note . . .'
OFTHEFIRSTWATER Top-quality programme that writer's off — point taken
MAKETHEFIRSTMOO Initiate something, to a cow?
FIRSTCLASS Where tots learn to be very good?
FIRSTDAY "On the ___ of Christmas ..." (2 words)
FIRSTTEAM Do players try to reserve a permanent place in it?
FIRST PERSON I foster spring breaks without golf
FIRSTLIEUTENANT Rank of chief given place by resident
FIRST Walk destination
FIRST Where a gold medalist finishes
FIRSTJOB Employment for a new grad
FIRSTRUN New in theaters, as a film
FIRST DEGREE In America, serious achievement of brilliant student
FIRSTCLASS Excellent form for one starting school?
FIRSTROUND Start of a golf tournament
ATFIRST In the initial stage or stages
FIRSTINFIRSTOUT Inventory philosophy
FIRSTPLACE The Garden of Eden?
FIRSTPRINCIPLES Axioms serving as starting points
FIRSTRATE Well-done
FIRSTMATE Has the officer never had a wife before this?
FIRST OFFENDER One acquiring conviction friend's effort is wasted
AT FIRST SIGHT Immediately visiting top tourist attraction
FIRST PERSON The winner, me?
FIRST MATE Sailor Henry's was a Spanish Catherine
FIRST AID Wood collected for treatment
FIRST Foremost's partner
FIRSTTEE Where to start going round, of course
FIRST PERSON One exemplifies it formally
FIRST Initial 'R' in one's own writing
FIRSTRATE Top-notch, excellent
FIRSTAID Preliminary treatment before doctor comes
first-born Eldest child initially ready to tuck into left half of bonbon?
FIRST Start of many instructions
AT FIRST HAND To start with, pass directly
FIRST AID Tree needing serious treatment, initially
ONTHEFIRSTCOUNT Judge's query to a jury
FIRSTGREEN You'd be just starting to get around to putting your ball here
FIRSTAID Is the attention they'd get from 13 across enough to make the gentlemen of Ireland unenterprising?
JULYFIRST. Canada Day
FIRST Coming before all others
ATFIRST Initially put evergreens in allotment -- left, right, and centre
ATFIRSTSIGHT Bizarrely, fight artists on initially meeting
FIRSTONE Is that the start of the sound of the wind in the trees?
FIRSTS Many Guinness listings
FIRSTROUND Boxing start
FIRSTBASE Destination of one who walks?
FIRSTSECONDTHIRD Finishing order
FIRSTAID Treatment needed if dart is misdirected?
COMESINFIRST Enters before the others and wins
ATFIRST Before digging deeper
MEFIRST Like a selfish attitude
FIRSTCLASS Excellent start for education
FIRSTFLOOR Where some store items have just about got off the ground?
FIRSTIMPRESSION The new dentist wanted to make a good ..
NOTMYFIRSTRODEO 'Done this a few times before'
first things first Start at the beginning
FIRSTPRIZE Gold medal, for example
FIRSTNAME Tom, Dick or Harry, e.g
FIRSTPSALM Old Testament poem that begins 'Blessed is the man that walketh ...'
Love At First Bite 1979 comedy horror film in which Count Dracula is expelled from his castle by a communist government
FIRSTS Unprecedented events
FIRST Earliest trees close to forest
RICHARDTHEFIRST King has hired cars -- thrift gone mad
FIRSTAMENDMENT Part of US law -- revised its draft with people twice intervening
FIRSTFOOTER Delivery man who may darken your doorway tonight
FIRSTOFALL Preliminarily, redundantly
FIRSTDAYCOVER Blanket from labour ward, maybe, a collector's item?
FIRSTCLASSPOST Letters offering a good job
FIRSTAID Female injured diarist gets immediate treatment
FIRSTDANCE Traditional start of a wedding reception, or a hint to each starred answer's opening letters
FIRSTACT Opening part of a play
YOUFIRST ''I'm not gonna start''
FIRSTAID Treatment given to injured person before doctor arrives
FIRSTFOOTER Best game for early caller preferably not fair
FIRSTLIGHT Early morning 9 across today
FIRSTMATE Eve at sea?
FIRSTPAST 'Winner takes all' - see complete article in 'Bugle Call'
FIRST Premier (except in football!)
FIRSTAID Wooden, sedate treatment
FIRSTANDLAST Overall positions which are interchangeable in scripture
FIRSTTAKE Recording session starter
FIRST Rifts of supreme sort
FIRSTBLUSH Initially, after 'at'
FIRSTHAND Direct leading seaman?
HENRYTHEFIRST Soaking? See 22 across
FIRST Trees start to give it a start
FIRSTCLASS Optional post in primary education?
FIRSTHAND To begin, pass direct
ATFIRSTHAND A rift over husband entering base directly
FIRSTS Never-happened-before events
FIRST Conifer Street is before you get to 1 across
FIRSTRATE Excellent pastries going up in flames
FIRSTAID The conifer, not being unsteady, can be a bit of a bind
FIRSTLIGHT Instructions for enjoying cigarette at start of day
FIRSTWORLDWAR ''A Farewell to Arms'' setting
FIRSTRLD The industrialized nations
ATFIRSTSIGHT Immediately visiting tourist attraction
FIRSTMATE First on board
AMERICAFIRST 1916 work by 28-Across
FIRSTLADY Presidential partner
FIRSTONTACT Like Emily Post?
THEFIRSTCLASS Best in train
WHYMUSTYOUFIRST Quippy question, part one
FIRSTPERSON Original man? That's me!
FIRSTCLASS Alternative to coach
FIRSTPRINCIPLES Bases of beliefs
LOVEAFIRSTSIGHT ___.com (e-mail address for a romantic)
LADIESFIRST Sir's upset after female brought in various details offering women precedence
FIRST Winning punch is about right
FIRSTMATE New wife of an officer never been married on board before
THEFIRSTLETTERS Second part of what's hidden
FIRSTFLOOR Part of department store for florist possibly
Firstreading I sign draft re revised parliamentary procedure
FIRSTMATE Officer on a merchant vessel
FIRSTSTRIKE Nondefensive military move
FIRSTCHAIR Orchestra position
FIRSTAID Treatment given to injured person before arrival of doctor
FIRSTAID Immediate treatment needed to make tree steady
FIRSTAID Emergency action to make tree steady
FIRST Successful finish
FIRSTAID Immediate medical help pending full treatment
FIRSTONETOBLINK Defeated contestant in a face-off
FIRSTHAND Obtained directly from leading worker
LADIESFIRST Gallant fellow's remark
SAFETYFIRST Workplace motto
FIRSTNIGHT Special performance? Round Table wouldn't have one, reportedly
FIRST Of historical importance
FIRSTVIOLIN Not one playing second fiddle?
FIRSTEMPIRE Period of rule under Napoleon Bonaparte
LADIESFIRST His gentlemanly maxim, as a polite waiter?
FIRSTCOUSIN Cheat reportedly supporting king held by duke's relative
FIRST Foremost partner
FIRSTOFFENDER One new to crime
ATFIRSTHAND Initially, one employed directly
FIRSTLIGHT Characters in stir arranged escape about crack of dawn
FIRSTOFALL Prime trees doomed!
FIRSTOFMAY M for a holiday?
FIRSTAID Remedial treatment, if dirt's a problem
FIRSTSLIP Fielder makes initial mistake
FIRSTCLASSPOST Top job should be dispatched quickly
FIRSTMATE The officer has never been married before on board
PLAYFIRSTFIDDLE Bow before all — or none
FIRSTLIGHT Glimmering of how God got creation started?
THEFIRSTMANTHAT Quip (part 1)
PRIVATEFIRSTCLASS Promoted recruit
ATFIRST Initially close to trees, finally out
FIRSTNIGHT Queen isn't put out, squeezing into box for premiere
FIRSTCLASSSTAMP Thing on some mail
HEADFIRST One way to slide into a base
FIRSTDEGREE Sort of murder undergraduate aspires to
FIRSTREFUSAL Customer's option always previously accepted?
FIRSTREFUSAL Trees - a restful sort of early offer
FIRSTLIGHT Stairs - outside stairs - as removed and destroyed at dawn
FIRSTCOUSINS Relatives' initial change involves us
FIRST Position for gold
ATFIRSTHAND Directly towards leading seaman
FIRSTAID Initial treatment given to injured person before arrival of doctor
WHOSONFIRST Routine question?
WHOSONFIRST Classic baseball comedy routine
INTHEFIRSTTHREE Medal-winners like ABC?
THEFIRSTPERSON Adam and I ...
FIRSTAID Emergency procedure to make tree steady
JANUARYTHEFIRST When resolutions go into effect
FIRSTPERSON I was joined by Eve
FIRSTAID Emergency medical treatment
FIRSTSTRIKE Attack before being attacked
ATFIRST Working on tree on street, initially
FIRSTPOST Call for retirement, as rough sport introduced to basic weapon
FIRSTAIDER Emergency helper is calm when trapped by arsonist
FIRSTRATE Very good quality desserts, perhaps, served up flambeed?
FIRSTLADIES Michelle Obama and Laura Bush
FIRSTAID Emergency measures to make tree steady
FIRSTGOLD Dogs flirt for a challenge to Best Mate at Cheltenham today, anagram
MEFIRST Like an egocentric's attitude
LOVEATFIRSTBITE 1979 George Hamilton film
FIRSTCLASS Post a reception teacher has
FIRST Earliest; good degree
HEADFIRST A couple of chiefs combined recklessly
FIRSTCLASS Fantastic reception
LADIESFIRST After you, madam
ATFIRSTSIGHT Initially - as love may be
FIRSTCLASS Mail given priority, showing best form
FIRST Original trees at forest's end
HEADFIRST If trashed, dive as divers usually do
FIRSTCLASS Excellent reception
FIRSTAIDER A drifter's injured around island? I could be needed!
FIRSTDOWN Gridiron situation
FIRSTLIGHT Dawn's original clue
FIRSTS Record book listings
FIRSTEDITION Book collector's prize
FIRSTAID Gents sober enough to give help to injured
FIRSTAID One's barked at serious accident initiative
FIRSTREFUSAL Offer of privilege as criminal suffers trial
FIRSTNIGHT Start of honeymoon to which critics regularly invited
FIRSTHALF Part of extra-time in which Dellas scored
FIRSTCLASSACTION The best legal proceeding?
FIRSTLIEUTENANT Officer could manifest flintiest nature
FIRSTCLASSPOST Items quickly delivered top job
FIRST Billing date
ATFIRSTHAND Starting bridge tournament from personal experience
FIRST Foremost duke entertaining king
ATFIRST If held up in start, disorientated initially
ATFIRST Initially provided set up in new start
FIRSTFOOTING Original ground for New Year ceremony
FIRSTAID Is adrift in storm, getting medical attention
FIRSTTIMELUCKY Fruit tickles my fancy: it's good for a starter
FIRSTS History makers
ATFIRST Initially an abstainer going round trees
FIRSTCLASSSEATS Airline moneymakers
FIRSTBORN The No. 1 seed?
TAILFIRST Some trifling reverses in flavour nearly send us back-to-front
FIRSTSLIP Fielder's initial mistake?
FIRSTAID Grave under tree will get immediate treatment
FIRSTSTRING The starting players
FIRSTGEAR Nappies in which to climb hills?
FIRSTCLASS Top flight
FIRSTPERSON Adam and I
FIRSTAID Emergency attention needed if dart is misdirected
FIRSTOFFENDER Novice in crime?
HEADFIRST The way divers enter organised fish trade
FIRSTOFALL Initially trees to be chopped down
FIRSTONE One won
FIRSTFOOT Isaac in relation to Dingle, Hugh, Michael and Paul, for 4
FIRSTLADY Betty Ford or Rosalynn Carter
FIRSTAID Pre-EMT treatment
FIRSTFLOOR The traditional bedtime story?
GETSTOFIRSTBASE Makes initial progress
FIRST Stir-frying half, chopped up beforehand
FIRSTGENERATION Like a naturalized citizen
FIRSTPERSON I am and so was Adam
FIRSTCLASSCABIN The best place to sit
FIRSTRATE Stir after to be really excellent
FIRST The rock of 'rock, paper, scissors' keeps right on top
IFATFIRSTYOUDO Start of a Kin Hubbard quip
LOVEATFIRSTSITE Blissful feeling for a new camper?
FIRSTAID Medic's treatment
FIRSTREFUSAL Preferential treatment an initial disappointment to showjumpers
FIRSTLOVELETTER A romantic keepsake
FIRSTDAYCOVER Collector's envelope
FIRSTLADY Nancy, Barbara, Hillary or Laura?
FIRSTLADY Hillary or Barbara, e.g.
FIRSTBASE Walk destination?
FIRSTDRAFT Initial plan drifts aimlessly on drifter
FIRSTAID Basic medical help
FIRSTLIEUTENANT Original place to attract resident naval officer
FIRSTCLASSPOST Top job - one day and it'll arrive?
FIRSTRATEGY Magnificent plan of action?
FIRSTSTRIKE Beginning bowler's milestone?
FIRSTSERGEANT Senior noncommissioned officer
THEFIRST & 10 Across US taxmen caught in heist -- no issue for 17ac
FIRSTIN Inventory evaluation term
CHARLESTHEFIRST Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne, c742-814
FIRSTRATE Excellent mix after stir
FIRSTMATES The crafty lads produced by Adam and Eve
first-foot Start January by visiting and opening base
FIRSTS Groundbreaking achievements
FIRST Winner's ranking
FIRSTFLOOR Primary storey
AT FIRST A number of evergreens in dry surroundings, initially
MAKEFIRSTBASE Fiesta embarks, off to complete stage one
FIRSTROUNDBYE Playoffs boost for a league-leading team, perhaps
FIRSTFIDDLE *Music group's lead violinist, casually
AT FIRST BLUSH When embarrassment becomes evident, initially?
SAFETYFIRST Slogan advocating caution
FIRST Grade of a Bachelor's degree
FIRSTSTEPS Toddlers' milestones
FIRSTVIOLIN Orchestra’s concertmaster
FIRSTSHIFT *Nine to five, at a factory
FIRSTVIOLINISTS Prominent members of orchestras
HEADFIRST Two leaders meeting hastily
FIRSTROWEATING Inconsiderate audience distraction at a play?
SAFETYFIRST 'Be careful!'
FIRST Guinness classification
FIRST Word of distinction
FIRST Word of distinction
FIRST Gold medalist's place
FIRSTLADY US President's wife
FIRSTDEGREE Most serious (homicide)
FIRST Single destination
FIRSTALTERNATE . . . at a beauty pageant
FIRSTLIGHT Early period in 1 across?
FIRSTS Unprecedent events concealed by anarchist's riflemen in revolution
JUMPINHEADFIRST Impulsively get involved
JUMPINHEADFIRST Impulsively get involved
ATFIRST American, leader of team leading early on
FIRSTBASE Corner on a diamond
first of all It's for broken sink, primarily
FIRSTDATE If it lasts for 24 hours, it's probably good
FIRSTAIDKITS Emergency items
FIRSTYEARPLAYER Rook, i.e.?
FIRSTTOLAST How chapters in books are read
FIRST Duke eclipsing king and cardinal
FIRSTS Groundbreaking events
ATFIRSTSIGHT Right away I start fights stupidly
FIRST OFFENDER Jazzy riffs absorbing to guitar person just getting a record?
FIRSTSTRIKE Nondefensive military tactic
MEFIRST Impatient kid's request
ATFIRST Before knowing more
EATDESSERTFIRST “Life is short. ___” (Jacques Torres quip)
FIRSTLADY -> Di <- Gaga Godiva
FIRSTS Unprecedented events concealed by anarchist's riflemen in revolution
FIRSTIMPRESSION Initial judgment
ATFIRSTBLUSH When originally seen
FIRST Initial resistance got round by a bunch of fives
FIRSTWORLD Trees flourished, it's said, in leading industrial nations
FIRSTDEGREE Like a minor burn (... 7 starting letters)
FIRSTBASE Where to go after ball four
FIRSTNIGHT New Year's Eve celebration (and SEE TITLE)
FIRSTTHINGSFIRST Organizational adage
FIRSTGEN Like some scholarship recipients, for short
FIRST Chief investigator ultimately cracking handwriting
FIRSTLADY Title originally applied to Mrs. Madison
FIRSTSLIP Fielder's initial error
FIRST Top degree
THATSAFIRST “Never thought I’d see the day!”
FIRSTOFFENCE Was Eve stealing an apple an unprecedented crime?
FIRSTGRADE Kindergarten follower
SHOESONFIRST Impractical way to get dressed?
FIRSTCLASS *Expensive travel option
FIRSTDATE New Year's Day?
FIRSTOFALL 'Number one . . .'
PLEASEGOFIRST "After you!"
FIRSTBASEMAN Person doing some tagging
ATFIRSTBLUSH Upon initial sight
WHOSONFIRST Noted baseball routine
FIRSTSTEPS *Cherished childhood mounts
FIRSTLADIES Michelle and Jill, for two
FIRSTDATES *Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler film
FIRST Gold medalist's rank
FIRSTUP “Leading us off …”
FIRSTEPISODE Season premiere
FIRSTLIGHT Dawn sees bird activity, including frantic stir
FIRSTDEGREE Kind of burn or murder
FIRSTFAMILY White House residents
FIRSTREFUSAL Engineer suffers trial for right to make initial offer
AT FIRST A way past disagreement on reflection, initially
FIRSTLADYOFHIPHOP Missy Elliott
FIRST 8/11's second job title? (5,4,2,3,8)
first-rate Of exceptional standard or quality
FIRSTNIGHT Initial performance on Broadway, say
FIRST 'The ___ Time Ever I Saw Your Face'
MEFIRST "I'm going before you!"
FIRST AID Immediate medical attention
THATSAFIRST “I’ve never seen anything like it”
AT FIRST Batty at heart to protect trees initially
FIRSTDOG Informal title for a pet such as Major Biden
FORTHEFIRSTTIME “Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to witness something extraordinary that has never been seen or attempted before!” (go to 34-Down)
SAFETYFIRST Adage for the risk-averse
FIRST Oldest evergreen on street
FIRSTOFFENDER Novice criminal
FIRSTAID Kind of kit with bandages, antiseptic, etc.
FIRSTSLIGHT Opening dis at a roast?
FIRST Great passion consuming sweets after a turnover?
FIRST Primary, initial
FIRSTDATES Chemistry tests?
FIRSTCLASS Pricey plane section
FIRST Maiden king's taken in hand
MEFIRST "I'll start!"
first cousin Relative Fleming, say, rubbed out in Russian fiction novel
FIRSTGENERATION Newly immigrated, say
HURRIED IMPETUOUS
REFIT MAKE USABLE AGAIN
GERMAN EUROPEAN LANGUAGE
BLURT CHAT
FLAGON LARGE WINE BOTTLE
HOGTIE THWART
CONVOLUTE CONFUSE
BILL DOCUMENT
MOIL SWEAT
COMMUNICATION SKINNY
ODS GOES TOO FAR ON A TRIP?
DELETE TRASH
TAHOE POPULAR CHEVY SUV
UNFIT INEXPERT
DELINEATED SKETCHED
COMPARE EQUALIZE
ORIGINALS TYPES
OBOE DOUBLE-REED WOODWIND
RUNED COVERED
VAULTING RESISTING
MERMAID IMAGINARY SEA CREATURE FABLED TO HAVE A WOMAN'S HEAD AND UPPER BODY AND A FISH'S TAIL
BOWWOW POOCH
AMAZE BOWL OVER
MARKED INTENSE
MAGNIFIES DOUBLES
OCEAN HUMPBACK HABITAT
CORD FLEX
RESPONSIBILITY DIFFICULTY
FLANK LATERAL PART
ABRIDGES NARROWS
WEIR ARABELLA ___, COMEDY ACTRESS; AUTHOR OF 2002 NOVEL STUPID CUPID
UNDERESTIMATION ERROR OF THE KIND THAT'S NOT HIGHLY INACCURATE
CASHESINON MAKES THE MOST OF A MONEY-MAKING OPPORTUNITY: 3 WDS.
TENS GYMNASTIC IDEALS
ED LATE MCMAHON
EYOT WORD FOR A LITTLE ISLAND ON A RIVER
RCS POPS IN THE FRIDGE?
SPIRIT ENTHUSIASM OF IRISH WHEN SHELTERING FROM DROP OF RAIN
BEAMS LONG TIMBER SUPPORTS FOR WIDEST PARTS OF SHIPS
MUSHY LIKE A TEARJERKER
WAVELENGTH IDENTIFICATION OF A RADIO BROADCASTER
SNAPPISH PETULANT
TORN Rent to the Royal Navy
DIRECTLY POSTHASTE
ROTATORS SOME MUSCLES
EMBRACE Encircle the first person accused of lifting support
CANOPIES They're often seen near thrones
DEFENDANT Perry Mason's client

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