| EPONYMOUS | Mammals (the last shall be first), named like Washington, say (9) |
| PRESIDENTIAL | Just like Washington, say, putting parking above providing places to live? |
| EACHRANDY | *Every person named like NFL receiver Moss, "American Idol" judge Jackson, composer Newman, etc.? |
| UMBRELLAFIR | Japanese conifer named like a Mediterranean one |
| ETHOS | "The last shall be first" in the aforementioned spirit of the age (5) |
| NOPE | Refusal to lead ___ the last shall be first (4) |
| GODSACRE | Agree the last shall be first in hallowed churchyard |
| AIDE | Assistant's suggested course of action: the last shall be first |
| SPARRABL | Nail allegories, the last shall be first! |
| SPARABLE | Nail moral stories, the last shall be first! (8) |
| FREE | Liberal bank where the last shall be first (4) |
| SLUMP | The last shall be first when heaps form depression (5) |
| HENNIGHT | Prenuptial party at that time near when the last shall be first (3,5) |
| ROVE | Wander across where the last shall be first (4) |
| HEART | Core planet where the last shall be first (5) |
| CAB | Common city vehicle basics: the last shall be first |
| APOCALYPSE | Dance where the last shall be first in mock revelation |
| STATESMAN | A political leader like Washington (9) |
| STATEMENT | Declaration Washington, say, pieces together over time (9) |
| BOSWORTH | The 1485 will of Thomas Longe, from Ashwellthorpe, makes him the first named common soldier who fought for the House of York in the 1485 Battle of ... Field (8) |
