| NAURU | Island that's the world's third-smallest country, after |
| JAVA | Indonesian island that's the world's most populous |
| USA | The world's third-most populous country, after China and India |
| INDIA | Country with the world's third-largest Muslim population |
| BORNEO | The world's third-largest island |
| YANGTZE | Asia's longest river, the worlds third longest (7) |
| BRITAIN | The world's third most populous island |
| BORNEANS | Residents of the world's third largest island |
| MOSCOW | Home to the world's third- largest number of billionaires, the capital of Russia (6) |
| HINDU | A member of the worlds third largest religion, which has around 1.2 billion followers (5) |
| DALLAS | Ninth largest city in the US, whose airport is the world's third busiest by aircraft movements (6) |
| RICE | Dietary staple that is the world's third largest crop |
| SHANGHAI | The world's third-largest city, behind Tokyo and Delhi |
| CARDAMOM | The world's third most expensive spice (8) |
| BANFF | The world's third oldest National Park |
| STATES | United ___: Has the world's third-largest population (6) |
| ARAL | Sea that was once the world's third-largest lake |
| SAGITTA | Third-smallest of the constellations, in the northern hemisphere between Cygnus and Aquila; the Arrow (7) |
| DARJEELING | Hill station and town at an altitude of around 6,700ft in West Bengal noted for its view of Kangchenjunga (the world's third-highest mountain) and tea (10) |
| GREENLAND | Arctic island that's the largest in the world (after Australia, which is a continent) |
