| 100% | COME | 4 | First ___, first served |
| 98% | COME | 4 | "First ___, first served" |
| 98% | COME | 4 | "First ___, first served!" |
| 86% | LOVE | 4 | Score before the first serve |
| 82% | OPEN | 4 | Serve as the first act |
| 78% | ILHANOMAR | 9 | First Somali-American to serve in Congress |
| 78% | RENO | 4 | First woman to serve as attorney general |
| 76% | SOUP | 4 | Liquid served as the first course |
| 75% | CAPTAINSLUG | 11 | Big galoot serving as first mate? |
| 71% | SOUP | 4 | Liquid food usually served in the first course |
| 71% | EVA | 3 | Perón who served as First Lady of Argentina |
| 71% | SOUP | 4 | Watery dish often served as a first course |
| 71% | INOUYE | 6 | Daniel ___, first Japanese-American to serve in Congress |
| 69% | NEXTUP | 6 | Not being served, but first in line: 2 wds. |
| 69% | INOUYE | 6 | Daniel ___, the first Japanese-American to serve in Congress |
| 68% | RUTH | 4 | First name of the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court |
| 68% | JANETRENO | 9 | First woman to serve as attorney general of the US: 2 wds. |
| 65% | DDE | 3 | Pres. who served as NATO’s first Supreme Allied Commander Europe |
| 63% | ASTOR | 5 | Nancy who served as the first female member of the British Parliament |
| 63% | LORETTA | 7 | ___ Lynch, first African American woman to serve as U.S. attorney general |
| 63% | JANET | 5 | With 28-Down, first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general |
| 62% | MICHELLEOBAMA | 13 | First African-American woman to serve as First Lady of the United States (2 wds.) |
| 61% | APOLLO | 6 | ___ 11, first moon-landing spaceflight that served bars made from 42a for breakfast |
| 61% | RENO | 4 | Janet, first woman to serve as the Attorney General of the United States |
| 61% | RENO | 4 | Janet who was the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general |
| 59% | KWAME | 5 | ___ Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician who served as the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana |
| 59% | MARTHA | 6 | First first lady |
| 59% | AARON | 5 | First first name? |
| 57% | THINGS | 6 | First ___ first |
| 55% | USN | 3 | JFK was the first president to have served in this branch of the US Armed Forces |