| 100% | JOBONE | 6 | The first task on the to-do list |
| 68% | CHORE | 5 | Task on a to-do list |
| 62% | ACTIONITEM | 10 | One of the top things on a to-do list |
| 60% | MOW | 3 | Task on a suburban summer to-do list |
| 59% | MOW | 3 | Task on a summer to-do list |
| 59% | RESOD | 5 | Task on a postseason to-do list |
| 57% | TOPPRIORITY | 11 | *First thing to do on a to-do list |
| 57% | THENETHERLANDS | 14 | European country that legalized same-sex marriage on April 1, 2001, the first country in the world to do so (2 wds.) |
| 57% | PROMENADE | 9 | To walk, and the seaside strip on which to do it |
| 56% | REGGIEJACKSON | 13 | Right fielder who struck out 2,597 times from 1967 to 1987, first on the all-time list: 2 wds. |
| 55% | OCEAN | 5 | Home to the first animals on Earth |
| 54% | ITSME | 5 | First line on the phone to someone you know well |
| 53% | ARMSTRONG | 9 | First person to walk on the moon |
| 53% | BLAZEATRAIL | 11 | Be the first to accomplish something (and do it spectacularly!) |
| 53% | SHY | 3 | Unlikely to send the first message on a dating app |
| 52% | ONEPIN | 6 | The first to go on a strike, usually |
| 52% | NEIL | 4 | First person to walk on the moon, Armstrong |
| 52% | SOJOURNER | 9 | The first wheeled vehicle to rove on Mars |
| 52% | INDIA | 5 | First country to discover water on the moon |
| 52% | DIRTYWORK | 9 | Unpleasant task, the one no one wants to do |
| 52% | USA | 3 | First nation to put a man on the moon |
| 52% | NEILARMSTRONG | 13 | First astronaut to walk on the moon: 2 wds. |
| 52% | JAWS | 4 | First major film to be shot on the ocean |
| 52% | APOLLO | 6 | ___ 11: first to walk on the moon |
| 51% | NET | 3 | The Inter___ allows you to do crosswords on your phone |
| 51% | JACKDEMPSEY | 11 | First athlete to appear on the cover of Time magazine |
| 51% | NEILARMSTRONG | 13 | First person to walk on the moon (1969): 2 wds. |
| 51% | INC | 3 | First national magazine to feature Steve Jobs on the cover |
| 51% | ITEM | 4 | Action ___ (task on a business to-do list) |
| 51% | PIONEER | 7 | Wild West days, the first to do something |