| KANJI | Japanese writing three consecutive letters in return enclosing article |
| ANATHEMA | Cursed for writing three articles on mother (8) |
| STENOPAD | Where to jot three consecutive letters in place (5,3) |
| THEDESCENTOFMAN | Darwin work ... with a hint to three consecutive letters in 3-, 4-, 7-, 9- and 11-Down |
| DOTDOTDOT | Indication of more to come ... or a hint to a feature of three consecutive letters in 18-, 20-, 59- and 61-Across |
| ETHOS | H is found in fifteen consecutive letters in code |
| AFGHANISTAN | Only two countries have three alphabetically consecutive letters in their English name: Tuvalu and which other? (11) |
| DEFOE | Writer enters two consecutive letters in dictionary back to front (5) |
| CASEMENT | Squint over consecutive letters in window |
| NEWS | Consecutive letters in the eight longest answers, eight different ways |
| BEIJING | Human, for example, confiscates couple of consecutive letters in capital (7) |
| LEFT | Army officer receiving two consecutive letters in port (4) |
| PIECESOFOO | Treasure chest coins represented graphically by two consecutive letters in six puzzle answers (including this one) |
| AFGHAN | Three consecutive letters carried in two articles by northern national (6) |
| STU | Guy found in three consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| CONCEDE | Yield on one occasion in three consecutive letters (7) |
| HIRAGANA | Some characters in Japanese writing |
| KATAKANA | Hiragana alternative, in Japanese writing |
| INK | In certain knowledge it will make its mark in writing (3) |
| DEFUSE | Three consecutive letters with purpose to reduce tension? (6) |
