The first to make something (8)
I believe the answer is:
inventor
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">the first to make something</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for inventor that I've seen before include "Eg, Edison" , "Author" , "Bell, perhaps" , "Morse, perhaps" , "Thomas Edison was a great one" .)