| SAMSUNG | South Korean conglomerate translating as 'three stars' (7) |
| DAEWOO | Korean conglomerate disbanded in |
| THISTLE | With seeds eaten by goldfinches and linked to a Latin motto translating as "no one attacks me with impunity", a plant related to globe artichoke and cardoon (7) |
| LINNETS | From French roughly translating as "birds that hover above flaxseed", melodic finches of farmland, named for their fondness of said seed (7) |
| PLACEBO | Roughly translating as "I gratify", an inert/dummy medicine prescribed for psychological benefit rather than any physiological curative effect (7) |
| TIERCET | For a change, recite the end of Rubaiyat as three lines of verse (7) |
| MORCEAU | Piece reportedly something sent as three dashes? |
| TRINITY | The unity of God as three persons |
| ALNITAK | Central of the three stars making up the asterism Orion's Belt, lying between Alnitak and Mintaka (7) |
| REXREED | He gave "The Way Back" three stars in March |
| POLARIS | Star that's actually three stars |
| CHINCHIN | From Chinese "qing qing", translating as "please, please", an informal interjection used as a greeting, farewell or as a toast (4-4) |
| ABED | "As thick as three in ___": Scott |
| SOLIVAGANT | Word translating as "wandering alone" or " lone rambler" (10) |
| BELLEVUE | City in Washington translating as "beautiful view" (8) |
| AGNUSDEI | Christian emblem, translating as 'lamb of God' (5,3) |
| HOLLYWOOD | Word whose huge letters comprise a famous sign in the hills of Los Angeles; its 7th and 8th letters, as well as three of the same letter temporarily added above it, were painted the colors of the Olym |
| ETHER | Number wrongly repeated as three there (5) |
| SWEETHEART | Happy as three wet ducks |
| SENTINELS | They watch as three points can go to Golf driver (9) |
