| HABEASCORPUS | In principle, college has first to admit president |
| POLYP | Growth of technical college has first priority (5) |
| ESPRESSO | Petroleum giant admits president shot |
| STARFISH | It has five arms, and has first to sort it out (8) |
| APOLOGIA | A game one has first to accept, with good justification (8) |
| WING | Fly has first to nestle inside rug (4) |
| TOLERANCE | Virtue the church has first to learn with difficulty (9) |
| DISTILLED | Herb has first to get journalist processed (9) |
| GLISTEN | Man has first to shine (7) |
| ASTHMA | Illness a good man has first to a degree (6) |
| AARONSROD | Plant high priest has first to ram into turf |
| IRISHBRIDGE | Girl has first to cross over the causeway (5,6) |
| HALTER | Has first to change the lead for the horse (6) |
| DREDGE | Advantage doctor has first to clean out channel (6) |
| COMETOTHINKOFIT | On reflection, why philosopher will go to college has nothing to do with being good enough (4,2,5,2, |
| REFORM | ___ Club, London private members' club first to admit women on equal terms in 1981 (6) |
| AGOODBET | First to admit models go to bed worth laying on (1,4,3) |
| POLYCLINIC | College has objective - lose a student to health centre |
| LOAFED | Was first to admit slob was idle (6) |
| NEEDLED | Perhaps Kelly was first to admit end of nose is pierced (7) |
