| TRIBRACH | (Prosody) Metrical foot of three short syllables (8) |
| ANAPAEST | (Prosody) Metrical foot of three syllables, two short, the third long (8) |
| ICTUS | In prosody, metrical stress (5) |
| ANAPESTS | Metrical foot of three syllables |
| PAEON | Metrical foot of one long and three short syllables |
| CHOLIAMB | Metrical foot consisting of two short syllables between two long ones, chiefly used in classical verse (8) |
| DACTYL | Metrical foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short |
| ANAPEST | Metrical foot of three syllables |
| DACTYLIC | In prosody, consisting of one long and two short syllables |
| TRISEME | Metrical foot equal to three short syllables (7) |
| TROCHEES | Metrical feet with one long and one short syllable (8) |
| CALYPSOS | It's unknown to clap 3 short, 3 long, 3 short in West Indian rhythms (8) |
| SPLITEND | Hair problem, and what three short puzzle answers each has |
| BRETHREN | Gun protecting three short brothers |
| PORTER | Katherine Anne -; author whose books include Ship of Fools and the collection of three short novellas Pale Horse, Pale Rider (6) |
| HAIKU | Brief Japanese poem consisting of three short unrhymed lines |
| ORISON | A prayer of three short words (6) |
| TROCHEE | Metrical foot of a long and short syllable (7) |
| IAMBIC | Of a metrical foot of two syllables, one short and one long |
| PYRRHIC | In prosody, a metrical foot of two short or unstressed syllables (7) |
