| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| WINS | Comes first | |
| JETTIES | Piers Black comes equal first | |
| OFFICER | Board member comes first in office rota | |
| QUO | How things stand when status comes first | |
| SOURCE | That from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause. | |
| FORESHOT | In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil. | |
| DISCOVERER | One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. | |
| FAINTS | The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, ... | |
| BOND | ... the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall ... | |