| OREGON | One of only three U.S. states |
| OHIOWASHINGTON | Three U.S. states (4,4,10) |
| ANA | Finish of three U.S. state names |
| MALAWI | African nation whose name consists of three U.S. state postal abbreviations |
| MARLONBRANDO | One of only three professional actors named by Time magazine as one of its 100 Persons of the Century in 1999 |
| DEAN | From the Latin meaning "chief of ten", the head of a university faculty; or, an actor in Rebel Without a Cause, one of only three films during his career (4) |
| ROD | ___ Stewart one of only three artists to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame first as a solo artist and then as a member of a band |
| FALDO | One of only three winners of consecutive Masters |
| GEORGE | First name of three U.S. presidents |
| ERNIEELS | One of only three golfers who briefly kept Tiger Woods out of the World #1 spot between 1/11/1998 an |
| BRENNAN | Walter, who is one of only three male actors to have won three Academy Awards |
| IRELAND | Dennis, one of only three winners of a 500cc Grand Prix from New Zealand. (7) |
| GABRIEL | One of only three angels mentioned by name in the Bible |
| COUNTY | One of only three in Delaware |
| LENDL | Ivan with three U.S. Open wins |
| IRWIN | Hale who won three U.S. Opens |
| BENHUR | One of only three films to have won 11 Oscars. (3,3) |
| BLUEBERRY | One of only three berries native to North America first harvested commercially in Maine during the Civil War to feed soldiers |
| UPHAM | New Zealand soldier who is one of only three people to have been awarded the Victoria Cross twice (5) |
| AUSTRIA | This country is one of only three that has won more Winter Games medals than Summer medals (7) |
