| 100% | COMANECI | 8 | First Olympic gymnast to receive a 10 |
| 57% | COMANECI | 8 | Romanian Olympic gymnast, first to get perfect 10 |
| 52% | COMANECI | 8 | Nadia, the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 |
| 50% | COMANECI | 8 | Nadia __, first gymnast to be awarded a perfect 10 |
| 47% | PERFECT | 7 | 10, to a gymnast |
| 46% | EBERT | 5 | First movie critic to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 44% | NADIA | 5 | ___ Comaneci, the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 at the Olympics |
| 44% | NADIA | 5 | She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist and the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Games |
| 43% | DEAN | 4 | First person to receive a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor nomination |
| 43% | RAISA | 5 | ___ Smetanina, first woman to win 10 Winter Olympic medals |
| 43% | OCTAVIAEBUTLER | 14 | First science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship |
| 42% | NADIA | 5 | First "perfect 10" Olympic gymnast Comaneci |
| 42% | EBERT | 5 | The first film critic to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 42% | SUNISALEE | 9 | 5th consecutive US female gymnast to win the artistic individual 18 Across Olympic 10 Across |
| 41% | COLLECT | 7 | To receive a payment |
| 41% | TOKYO | 5 | First Asian city scheduled to hold the Olympic Games for a second time |
| 41% | CRONKITE | 8 | First person outside NASA to receive a moon-rock award, 2006 |
| 40% | OCTAVIABUTLER | 13 | First science-fiction author to receive a MacArthur “genius” grant |
| 40% | OTTO | 4 | Kristin ___, first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympic games |
| 39% | EYELET | 6 | Hole to receive a lace |
| 39% | ADELE | 5 | First female singer to have three simultaneous top 10 hits as a lead artist |
| 39% | RETTON | 6 | Gymnast Mary Lou who was the first woman to appear on the front of a Wheaties box |
| 39% | ANTE | 4 | Pay to receive a poker hand |
| 39% | BUYONE | 6 | How to receive a freebie, perhaps |
| 39% | ABE | 3 | Only prez to receive a patent |
| 39% | SPA | 3 | Place to receive a mani-pedi |
| 39% | ANTE | 4 | Cost to receive a poker hand |
| 38% | STEVENASH | 9 | First N.B.A. player to light the Olympic cauldron |
| 37% | RETTON | 6 | First Olympic Hall of Fame gymnast |
| 37% | OPTEDIN | 7 | Consented to receive a weekly newsletter, for example |