FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED

How many words can you think of that can follow FIRST to make a familiar phrase? There are at least 25. The first letter of each of the words is given below, and they are in alphabetical order. The number of blanks indicates the number of missing letters.

FIRST __________

1. A _ _
2. B _ _ _
3. B _ _ _  _
4. B _ _ _ 
5. C _ _ _ _
6. C _ _ _ _ _
7. D _ _ _ _ _
8. D _ _ _
9. E _ _ _ _ _ _
10. E _ _ _ _ _
11. F _ _ _ _ _
12. F _ _ _ _
13. G _ _ _
14. H _ _ _
15. K _ _ _
16. L _ _ _
17. L _ _ _ _
18. L _ _ _
19. M _ _ _
20. N _ _ _
21. P _ _ _ _ _
22. R _ _ _
23. S _ _ _ _ _
24. T _ _ _
25. W _ _ _

Answers:

FIRST __________ 

1. AID
2. BASE
3. BLOOD
4. BORN
5. CLASS
6. COUSIN
7. DEGREE 
8. DOWN
9. EDITION
10. ESTATE
11. FAMILY
12. FLOOR 
13. GEAR
14. HAND
15. KISS
16. LADY
17. LIGHT 
18. LOVE
19. MATE
20. NAME
21. PERSON
22. RATE
23. STRING
24. TIME
25. WIFE