| ENAMELLER | Painter's forename, you'll infer, always missing first three letters |
| ORATION | Bridge concerto's ornamental effect missing first three notes (7) |
| MALAYSIA | I'm always missing wife, travelling round a country (8) |
| STUDENTS | Always missing Sunday test, failing members of class (8) |
| EERIE | Always missing venue initially, that is weird |
| FINANCEMANAGER | Person who follows the money? (... first three letters + the last three) |
| WCIN | Radio station whose call letters include the first three letters of its Ohio city |
| ORMER | Informer discards first three letters from mother of Pearl for instance (5) |
| ABC | The first three letters of the alphabet (1,1,1) |
| ORKNEYISLANDS | Archipelago near Scotland whose first three letters spell a sitcom planet |
| MEDITERRANEAN | The drink identified by its first three letters? |
| LABCOAT | What scientist may wear a lot, strangely, penning first three letters |
| ERA | A period of readjustment for its first three letters (3) |
| RAN | Moved very quickly to the first three letters of the buttercup genus! (3) |
| ALL | Everyone is the first three letters of the onion genus! (3) |
| CLUBCULTURE | Rave scene (first three letters + last one) |
| POE | Eerie writer, or the first three letters of his profession |
| PHI | Greek letter, or the first three letters of a Pennsylvania city |
| WRITINGCONTEST | Fanstory.com competition (... first three letters + the last two) |
| MACINTOSH | Apple known by its first three letters |
