| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| MERINO | First class wool | |
| TOPDRAWER | First-class (coll) | |
| EXITED | First class departed, excited | |
| SCAM | Sam admits first-class fraud | |
| TOPNOTCH | Excellent or first class | |
| MIMIC | Mimi joins first class impersonator | |
| CODES | Ciphers made from first-class odes | |
| PRESTIGIOUS | Our pigsties are unusually first-class | |
| CASTE | Actors take first elocution class | |
| ACCOUNT | Bill is a first-class nobleman | |
| AIRING | Publicising first class wedding band | |
| EXCELLENT | First-class former prison room only half-decent | |
| CLEAR | Make net profit from first class jet | |