| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| AGGRESSOR | The first to take the offense. |
| IVAN | First Russian ruler to take the title "Czar," 1547. |
| RESENT | Take offense to |
| TOUCHY | Quick to take offense |
| ADAM | First to take a ribbing |
| CAIN | First to take up arms |
| TAFT | First president to take up golf |
| ADAM | First person to take a ribbing |
| TYLER | First president to take office by succession |
| HOBSON | You had to take his first offer or nothing. |
| NEL | First word of Dante's "Inferno" (thrillingly, it means "in"; OK, time to take this out of my wordlist) |
