| ROANOKE | America's first English colony |
| CAROLINA | English colony until 1729 |
| TANGIERS | City of Morocco which was an English colony, 1661-84 (alternative spelling) |
| SURINAM | Short-lived English colony in South America in the 17th century (7) |
| JOHNFLORIO | Author of the first English translation of Boccacio, and the first comprehensive Italian-English dictionary (1598) |
| COWDREY | First man to play 100 Tests and first English cricketer to be given a peerage (7) |
| ETHELBERT | The first English king to adopt Christianity |
| CAXTON | William -, first English printer |
| ALBAN | First English Christian martyr |
| BEARD | Bard has first English goatee (5) |
| EMERGED | First, English merged, then came forth (7) |
| ESPY | Catch glimpse of first English secret agent (4) |
| EXAM | Max returns to first English test (4) |
| WILLIAMCAXTON | First English printer (7,6) |
| NASEBY | Decisive battle of the first English Civil War |
| ATSEA | Brigitte Bardot's first English-speaking film, Doctor _ |
| WILLIAM | The first English printer (7,6) |
| NUDD | Bob ___, the first English angler to win four individual World Freshwater Angling Championships (4) |
| BEHN | Author of Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave; one of the first English women to earn a living as a profes |
| PURCELL | Baroque musician dubbed "Orpheus Britannicus" who became the organist for Westminster Abbey around the age of 20 and composed the first English opera, Dido and Aeneas (7) |
