| TRISECT | Destroying it, crest cut into three parts (7) |
| GRANDPA | Pop's pop ... or, divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues have in common |
| GRANDMA | Artist Moses ... and, when divided into three parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| ABANDON | Leave high and dry ... or, when divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues are encompassed by |
| BRANDED | Labeled ... or, divided into three parts, what surrounds the answers to starred clues |
| TRISECTED | Cut into three pads |
| ENTENTE | Understanding how to divide thirty into three equal parts, essentially (7) |
| GAUL | Roman French region (it was divided into three parts, remember?) (4) |
| TRISECTS | Cuts into three (8) |
| MIRACLE | Getting into three-wheel car I measured up is a marvel (7) |
| TRIPLES | Flats divided into three (7) |
| TREFOIL | Leaf divided into three sections (7) |
| GRANADA | Former kingdom of Spain divided in 1833 into three provinces (7) |
| TRIFID | In botany, split into three parts |
| GALLIA | Country split into three parts, Caesar BG 1.1 |
| STURDY | Substantial scrapyard split into three parts! |
| SSNS | Identifiers broken into three parts |
| PRISM | Solid that, when divided into three parts, describes this puzzle's theme |
| LOTHIAN | Scottish Lowland region on the North Sea shore, divided into three historic counties in medieval times (7) |
| SEVERAL | Divide a pound into three or four |
