| ECKSTEIN | First and third in the 2005 Coolangatta Gold, Caine and Shannon ... (8) |
| MARRIOTT | Three-time Coolangatta Gold winner, Alicia ... (8) |
| EARLDOMS | The titles of those third in the ranks of the British peerage (8) |
| CHILDREN | _ of Dune, 1976 sci-fi novel by Frank Herbert; the third in the Dune series (8) |
| OTTTANAK | Estonian driver who finished third in the 2017 and 2018 World Rally Championships (3,5) |
| BIRTHDAY | Placed third in the Bay? That's something to celebrate! (8) |
| ENSEMBLE | President Emmanuel Macron's centrist coalition, which finished third in the 2024 elections (8) |
| AIRPORTS | Heathrow, Orly and Shannon (8) |
| NEAPTIDE | A flow in the sea occurring after the first and third quarters of the moon (4,4) |
| THETIGER | 1990 Philip Pullman novel; third in the Sally Lockhart quartet (3,5,2,3,4) |
| TOETOTOE | "In direct confrontation" equivalent whose first and third words are the same part of the foot: 3 wds. |
| BEVILACQUA | Former Nutri-Grain Ironman Series champion who won his first Coolangatta Gold in 2019 (10) |
| ALIDAY | 2012-13, 2015-18 and 2021 Coolangatta Gold winner (3,3) |
| BATEUP | Triple Coolangatta Gold champion, Hayley ... (6) |
| ZANE | 2006 Coolangatta Gold winner, ... Holmes (4) |
| BASES | First, second and third, in baseball |
| LEX | It's between Park and Third in NYC |
| THRACE | Greek place second and third in Athens marathon? (6) |
| AZKABAN | Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , third in the series of fantasy novels by JK Rowling published in 1999 (7) |
| URUGUAY | Which country scored the most number of goals at the end of the round stages of Copa America 2024, besides finishing third in the tournament? (7) |
