| 100% | ERICBANA | 8 | First person to play the Hulk in the 2000s |
| 58% | EDITORS | 7 | The first people to play crosswords |
| 55% | ABEL | 4 | First person to die in the Bible |
| 52% | MANON | 5 | ___ Rheaume, first woman to play in any of the major North American pro-sports leagues |
| 51% | LEEELDER | 8 | First African-American golfer to play in the Masters |
| 51% | BRYANT | 6 | Kobe ___, former Los Angeles Lakers player who was the first guard to play 20 seasons in NBA |
| 50% | LLOYD | 5 | Earl ___, first African American to play in the NBA |
| 50% | ELDER | 5 | Lee __, first African-American to play in the Masters |
| 50% | TYUS | 4 | Wyomia ___, former American sprinter who was the first person to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m |
| 50% | ALYN | 4 | Kirk ___, the first actor to play Superman in live-action for the 1948 movie |
| 50% | TOBEY | 5 | Actor Maguire who was the first to play Spider-Man in movies |
| 49% | DEIONSANDERS | 12 | Only person to play in both the Super Bowl and the World Series: 2 wds. |
| 49% | LLOYD | 5 | Earl ___, first African-American to play in the N.B.A. |
| 49% | MARIAHCAREY | 11 | "Fantasy" singer who recently became the first person to top the Billboard Hot 100 in four different decades: 2 wds. |
| 48% | RADIO | 5 | It was used to play music for the first time in 1906 |
| 48% | PAL | 3 | Male Rough Collie that was born in California in 1940 and was the first dog to play the female collie Lassie |
| 48% | MARK | 4 | Ruffalo who plays the Hulk in the MCU |
| 48% | RICHARDBYRD | 11 | American explorer who in 1929 became the first person to fly over the South Pole: 2 wds. |
| 48% | SOLO | 4 | How Joshua Slocum sailed around the world starting in 1895, becoming the first person to do so |
| 48% | GAGARIN | 7 | First person to orbit the Earth |
| 48% | NAT | 3 | ___ "Sweetwater" Clifton, one of the first Black players to play in the NBA |
| 48% | MADAMSPEAKER | 12 | *Nancy Pelosi was the first person ever to have this title in Congress |
| 48% | ROALDAMUNDSEN | 13 | Norwegian explorer who in 1911 became the first person to reach the South Pole, one month ahead of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ANGELA | 6 | Bassett who was the first person to be nominated for an Oscar for acting in a Marvel movie |
| 47% | ALTHEAGIBSON | 12 | In 1957, she became the first person of color to win a Wimbledon championship (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ROME | 4 | First city to reach a population of one million people, in the second century B.C. |
| 47% | MCGEE | 5 | Pamela ___, first WNBA player to have children play in the NBA and the WNBA |
| 47% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Tycoon who was the first person in New York City to own a car |
| 47% | MARK | 4 | Actor Ruffalo who plays the Hulk in the "Avengers" films |
| 47% | TITLE | 5 | With 66-Across, images played in silent films, and what one might use to play the games in the first parts of the answers to the starred clues? |