| EXTREMELY | Very next theorem barely needing only the last three terms |
| KOCH | Last three-term mayor of New York City |
| FIJI | Pacific republic needing only one short moment to go over |
| WIGAN | Team needing only one point to gain, perhaps (5) |
| TRIMESTER | Any one of the three terms into which the US academic year is divided (9) |
| ADVERSITY | It's unfortunate only the last of fliers is accepted, in truth |
| TRINOMIAL | It has three terms in it, moral adjustment being needed (9) |
| PARTOWNER | One with "a piece of the pie," perhaps (In this clue's answer, note the first four letters and the last three) |
| TENDULKAR | Mumbai's icon player and the biggest name in cricket in the last three decades |
| ECLAMPSIA | A toxic condition that sometimes develops in the last three months of pregnancy (9) |
| SEVENTIES | Altogether the last three knockout rounds that spanned several years |
| YOUBETCHA | "Abso-freaking-lutely!" (Note the last three letters in this answer + ...) |
| PLAYAREAS | *Ball pits' spots (In this clue's answer, note the first letter + the last 3) |
| WILDPITCH | Uncatchable throw from the mound (... first 2 letters + the last 3) |
| CORKLINED | Descriptive of Marcel Proust's spartan bedroom where he spent most of the last three years of his life (4-5) |
| FREELUNCH | Nonexistent meal, it's said (In this answer, note the first 3 letters + the last 3) |
| RUNNYNOSE | Cold symptom (...first letter + the last 3 Letters) |
| CLAMPDOWN | Enforce something more strictly (... first 2 letters + the last 3) |
| LASTCHRISTMAS | Holiday standard with the line "But the very next day you gave it away" |
| PEN | "The very next blessing Mary had, it was the blessing of ten:/To think that her Son, Jesus, could write without a -" (3) |
