| 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 |
| First-year student, briefly | 27 |
| First-year trapper's club? | 30 |
| First-year types | 16 |
| First-year West Pointer | 23 |
| First-year-Latin verb | 21 |
| First-year-Latin word | 21 |
| First-___ (A.R.C. worker) | 25 |
| First-___ (superstar) | 21 |
| First: Abbr. | 12 |
| First: Comb. form | 17 |
| First: Ger. | 11 |
| First: Prefix | 13 |
| First: Sp. | 10 |
| First; chief: Comb. form | 24 |
| Firstborn | 9 |
| Firstborn child | 15 |
| Firstborn one | 13 |
| Firstborn sibling | 17 |
| Firstborn son | 13 |
| Firstborn son of Valiant and Aleta | 34 |
| Firstborn's heritage | 24 |
| Firsties | 8 |
| Firsts | 6 |
| Firth | 5 |
| Firth class? | 12 |
| Firth in Scotland | 17 |
| Firth of Clyde feeder | 21 |
| Firth of Clyde island | 21 |
| Firth of Clyde isle | 19 |
| Firth of Clyde port | 19 |
| Firth of Clyde river | 20 |
| Firth of Clyde sight | 20 |
| Firth of Clyde town | 19 |
| Firth of Clyde, e.g. | 20 |
| Firth of Clyde, for one | 23 |
| Firth of Forth facilities? | 26 |
| Firth of Forth feeder | 21 |
| Firth of Lorn port | 18 |
| Firth of Lorn resort | 20 |