| TRIFID | Times Review originally provided papers in three parts (6) |
| RADISH | Edible plant, a food under review, originally (6) |
| TREATISE | Shredded tree, as it provided paper (8) |
| EITHER | One of two or one in three parts (6) |
| ENDING | Conclusion ... or, in three parts, what four answers in this puzzle unexpectedly do |
| TREBLE | What boys sing is in three parts |
| SCHISM | Rift ... or, read in three parts, a description of this puzzle's theme |
| TAMALE | Husk-wrapped Mexican dish, and when divided in three parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| TRIPLE | In three parts |
| TRIUNE | In three parts |
| MICKEYMOUSE | Cartoon character created in 1928 whose voice was originally provided by Walt Disney (6,5) |
| EASTNORTHEAST | Direction Strehler originally provided in Aston theatre adaptation? |
| FAROCKI | Experimental filmmaker Harun whose work was deemed "almost too interesting to be art," in a Times review |
| ERASMUS | Times review of an old theologian (7) |
| ITEMS | Objects to Times review (5) |
| LANDOFTHEFREE | In a slavish way, Liberia originally provided the song for America? (4,2,3,4) |
| PARTISANSHIP | One-sided support originally provided craftsmen with it |
| REMORSE | Reliable evidence originally provided by policeman establishes guilt |
| EDIFY | Dinner originally provided within the confines of every school (5) |
| ALUMNAE | New manual on etiquette originally provided for former students (7) |