| BOUGHT | Purchased branch, first of three (6) |
| HOOT | Sound of nocturnal hunter in branch, first to disappear (4) |
| EARMARK | Single out animal sanctuary, English branch first (7) |
| GENEALOGIST | Tree student has info on each branch first (11) |
| THROAT | Faux translation of Torah, the first of three (6) |
| VITALS | Important organs, first of three in small bottles (6) |
| TIERCE | Church step - the first of three in a row (6) |
| TAURUS | Sign first of three-quarters before rugby in Australia |
| LATINO | Chilean possibly in Los Angeles, first of three in love |
| THEIRS | First of three successors belonging to them |
| ELEVEN | Ocean's ___, first of three heist films starring 8A (7) |
| AMULET | Charm, a cross, first of three |
| EVENTS | Chance to host first of three contests |
| UNITED | The first of three collaborative albums by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell |
| TENNIS | Game for first of threes and nines st sixes and sevens |
| HENRYIV | Son of John of Gaunt known as Bolingbroke; the first of three monarchs from the House of Lancaster (5,1,1) |
| TOO | First of three rings on top of that (3) |
| DIPLOMAT | Perhaps first secretary's graduation certificate, first of three (8) |
| FORSYTESAGA | The Man of Property is the first of three novels in The ____ |
| ATHOS | One of the fabulous fictional four, in 1844, somehow has to be the first of three! (5) |
