| DRNO | The first official Bond movie (2,2) |
| MARY | ___ Sears, the U.S. Navy's first official oceanographer |
| WALDI | What was the name of the first official mascot of the Olympic Games, introduced for the 1972 Summer Games in West Germany? |
| NERF | "World's first official indoor ball" brand |
| JIMTUNNEY | "The Dean of NFL Referees" who became the first official named to the All-Madden Team |
| STARSANDBARS | Informally, the first official flag of the Confederate States of America |
| JONATHANYEO | British artist responsible for the first official portrait of the King since his coronation (8,3) |
| ARMISTICEDAY | The first official one was November 11, 1919 |
| SSN | The first official one was 055-09-0001: Abbr. |
| DRYDEN | John ___, the first official Poet laureate |
| HAWAII | The first official ironman triathlon competition was held in this US Pacific Island state in 1978 |
| JOHNDRYDEN | The first official poet laureate, appointed in 1668 by Charles II (4,6) |
| HINES | Jim ____ won 100m Olympic gold in 1968, with the first official time under 10 seconds |
| DACHSHUND | The 1st official Summer Olympic mascot was this type of dog, in Munich 1972 |
| BLISS | Composer whose first official duty as Master of the Queen's Music was writing the Processional for the coronation (5) |
| OMEGA | First official game played was the final one of the series (5) |
| AGNES | Forename of the "Lady of Beauty" of the Chateau de Loches who was a mistress of Charles VII and first official favourite of a French king (5) |
| SAG | _ Harbor, first official port of entry to the United States |
| ALBANYNEWYORK | American city that outlawed golf from its streets in 1659, marking the sport's first official mentio |
| CENTURY | Founded in 1989, what was the name of Ireland's first official independent national radio station? (7) |