| PUPAL | In the third stage |
| PLACENTA | Midwife's focus in the third stage of labor |
| RISS | Named after a tributary of the Danube, the third stage of Alpine glaciation (4) |
| GETMARRIED | Union: third stage |
| AFTERBIRTH | So-called "third stage of labor" |
| BANDSTAND | Bishop and Laurel, by end of third stage (9) |
| JACOBI | Derek -; actor whose television roles include the title character in Cadfael and the Duke of Windsor in the third series of The Crown (6) |
| OLLIE | Bowler who took 9-78 for Sussex against Glamorgan in Cardiff in the 2021 County Championship and 5-49 for England against South Africa in the 3rd Test at The Oval in 2022 (5) |
| ROBINSON | Bowler who took 9-78 for Sussex against Glamorgan in Cardiff in the 2021 County Championship and 5-49 for England against South Africa in the 3rd Test at The Oval in 2022 (8) |
| SPARTACUS | The most notable leader of the slaves in the Third Servile War, a major uprising against the Roman Republic (9) |
| COLMAN | Olivia, actress who played the Queen in the third and fourth series of the TV drama The Crown (6) |
| BENNETT | Who won the player of the match award in the third T20 International between Zimbabwe and Pakistan in Bulawayo on December 5, 2024? (7) |
| KEACY | Who top-scored for the West Indies with his maiden hundred in the third ODI versus England in Bridgetown in November 2024 ? (5) |
| JANGOO | Who scored an unbeaten hundred on his ODI debut and won player of the match award, too, in the third ODI between West Indies and Bangladesh in Basseterre in December 2024? (6) |
| SANTNER | Who won the player of the match award in the third Test between New Zealand and England in Hamilton? (7) |
| DEEPTI | Who took six wickets for India and won the player of the match award in the third women's ODI versus West Indies in Vadodara on December 27, 2024? (6) |
| THRACIAN | Nationality of the gladiator Spartacus who led the slave uprising against the Roman Republic in the Third Servile War |
| HARRYLIME | The third man in The Third Man |
| REGAN | Mark - - - , the Lions hooker against South Africa in the third Test in 1997 (5) |
| BAGPIPES | Stage name of ex-tennis player Pat Cash in the third series of The Masked Singer (8) |
