| LUISE | Rainer who was the first to win consecutive Oscars |
| TOMHANKS | The most recent person to win consecutive Oscars for best actor or actress (3,5) |
| BUDGE | Don ___, US tennis player who was the first to win the four Grand Slam titles in one year (1938) (5) |
| DITYATIN | Who, in the 1980 Moscow Games, became the first to win eight medals, the most in a single edition, which has since been equalled twice by Michael Phelps? (8) |
| SPENCER | Tracy, the first to win Best Actor Oscars in consecutive years (7) |
| BRENNAN | US actor who was the first to win three Academy Awards (6,7) |
| SPENCERTRACY | First man to win consecutive acting Oscars |
| SHIELDS | Claressa who is the only American boxer to win consecutive Olympic gold medals |
| HEARNS | Thomas _, boxer who was the first to win world titles in five weight divisions (6) |
| WALTER | & 24A US actor who was the first to win three Academy Awards (6,7) |
| JACKBRABHAM | Who was the first to win a world motor racing championship driving his own make of car? (4,7) |
| PETERFINCH | British-born, Australian actor who was the first to win a posthumous Academy Award (5,5) |
| MOROCCAN | Abdelkhader El Mouaziz became the first to win the New York Marathon |
| INGENUE | EMMY TITLE TRACEY WAS THE FIRST TO WIN (NOW CALLED YOUNGER ACTRESS) |
| BLAIR | First Labor P.M. to win consecutive terms |
| MARLINS | Florida squad that was the first to win two World Series titles as a wild-card team |
| GARO | 1960s-'80s placekicker Yepremian, who helped the Dolphins win consecutive Super Bowls |
| RAINER | First winner of consecutive Oscars |
| FINISHINGPOST | What you have to reach first to win a race (9,4) |
| TOM | He won consecutive Oscars for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump (3,5) |