| Threatening alternative | 23 |
| Threatening jungle sound | 24 |
| Threatening slitherers | 22 |
| Threatening to sue, maybe | 25 |
| Threats along the beach | 23 |
| Threats to Indiana Jones | 24 |
| Threats to World War shipping | 29 |
| Three "Up" front? | 27 |
| Three 6 Mafia's forte | 25 |
| Three cause retirement | 22 |
| Three cheers recipient | 22 |
| Three coins in the fountain? | 28 |
| Three days till T.G.I.F. | 24 |
| Three digits for dialers | 24 |
| Three Dog Night number | 22 |
| Three dots, in Morse code | 25 |
| Three feet plus, to a Brit | 26 |
| Three Finger Brown was one | 26 |
| Three following the news | 24 |
| Three for a dollar, e.g. | 24 |
| Three for the swayback? | 23 |
| Three German governments | 24 |
| Three golden apples undid her | 29 |
| Three Gorges Dam setting | 24 |
| Three hours before noon | 23 |
| Three in a match, maybe | 23 |
| Three in a season: Abbr. | 24 |
| Three in a war film title | 25 |
| Three in Roman numerals | 23 |
| Three incarnations of Vishnu | 28 |
| Three kinds of writers | 22 |
| Three Little Pigs' foe | 26 |
| Three marks on a sundial | 24 |
| Three Mile Isl. watchdog | 24 |
| Three Mile Island is in it | 26 |
| Three miles of climbing vine? | 29 |
| Three min. in the ring | 22 |
| Three minutes in the ring | 25 |
| Three minutes, at times | 23 |
| Three monkeys avoid it | 22 |
| Three monkeys' no-no | 24 |
| Three monkeys' phobia | 25 |
| Three monkeys' subject | 26 |
| Three monkeys' taboos | 25 |
| Three monkeys' word | 23 |
| Three more baseball teams | 25 |
| Three more power chasers | 24 |
| Three more than quadri- | 23 |
| Three Musketeers alternative | 28 |
| Three Musketeers creator | 24 |
| Three Musketeers' word | 26 |
| Three nos. in the office | 24 |
| Three of a kind beats it | 24 |
| Three of a kind beats them | 26 |
| Three of a kind, in poker | 25 |
| Three of them make six | 22 |
| Three of these make a tbs. | 26 |
| Three of these make an O | 24 |
| Three of __ (poker hand) | 24 |
| Three old coins in la fontana | 29 |
| Three on a grandfather clock | 28 |
| Three on TV: 1960–72 | 27 |
| Three or more notes together | 28 |
| Three out of nineteen? | 22 |
| Three point line, e.g. | 22 |
| Three rivers in England | 23 |
| Three Rivers Stadium player | 27 |
| Three Rivers Stadium team | 25 |
| Three rocks past Mercury | 24 |
| Three satisfactory grades | 25 |
| Three sheets in the wind | 24 |
| Three sheets to the wind | 24 |
| Three sisters of Macbeth | 28 |
| Three steps and a shuffle | 25 |
| Three Stooges family name | 25 |
| Three Stooges sound effect | 26 |
| Three Stooges specialty | 23 |
| Three Stooges' actions | 26 |
| Three strikes in a row | 22 |
| Three strokes, perhaps | 22 |
| Three strokes, sometimes | 24 |
| Three Tenors selections | 23 |
| Three tenors' offering | 26 |
| Three Tenors' offerings | 27 |
| Three that arrive together | 26 |
| Three that run after run? | 25 |
| Three things you may save | 25 |
| Three times a day, on an Rx | 27 |
| Three times a day, to an MD | 27 |
| Three times a day: Abbr. | 24 |
| Three times daily, on an Rx | 27 |
| Three times, an Elvis movie | 27 |
| Three times, in prescriptions | 29 |
| Three times, in Rx's | 24 |
| Three times, on medicine | 24 |
| Three times, to pharmacists | 27 |
| Three to two, for example | 25 |
| Three trios joined together | 27 |
| Three types of potatoes | 23 |
| Three were pursued by a wolf | 28 |