| LOVEMETENDER | Elvis's first feature film, or a 1956 #1 hit |
| HIT | A blockbuster film or a smasher of a song; a visit to a website; or, a strike of a real or proverbial nail-head (3) |
| CASPER | First feature film to have a fully computer-generated protagonist (1995) |
| COMO | Perry with the 1956 #1 hit "Hot Diggity" |
| DONTBECRUEL | 1956 #1 hit for Elvis Presley |
| GOGI | Singer Grant with the 1956 #1 hit "The Wayward Wind" |
| LUPITANYONGO | Actress who won an Oscar for her first feature film role, in "12 Years a Slave": 2 wds. |
| TOYSTORY | Pixar's first feature film (3,5) |
| LOHAN | Lindsay - - -, actress whose first feature film was The Parent Trap (5) |
| ERASERHEAD | David Lynch's first feature film |
| HAWN | Star of Spielberg's first feature film |
| SHESGOTTAHAVEIT | Spike Lee's first feature film, in which Nola Darling juggles three suitors |
| BADTASTE | Released in 1987, what is Peter Jackson's first feature film? (3,5) |
| EXTRA | Person or thing that is additional or beyond the usual, such as a spear carrier/supernumerary in a film or a newspaper supplement printed outside a normal printing cycle (5) |
| JENNIFERHUDSON | Actress who won an Oscar for her first feature film role, in "Dreamgirls": 2 wds. |
| JULIEANDREWS | Actress who won an Oscar for her first feature film role, in "Mary Poppins": 2 wds. |
| WEAVER | Dennis, U.S. actor who starred in director Steven Spielberg's first feature film Duel (6) |
| SETTING | Surroundings; the scenery etc used to create the location in a play or film; or, a mounting for a gem in a piece of jewellery (7) |
| SLOWBURNING | Term meaning steadily combusting, fuming or smouldering, either literally or figuratively; or, unfolding contemplatively/ gradually, as in a film or a story (4-7) |
| HEARTBREAKHOTEL | Elvis's first #1 hit |
