| TORA | When said thrice, a 1970 war film |
| YADA | When said thrice, 'and so on' |
| FUN | Said thrice, a Beach Boys hit |
| CHA | Said thrice, a Latin dance |
| HOLY | Said thrice, a carol |
| TORATRIPLED | 1970 war film (do the math) |
| TORATORATORA | *1970 war film about the attack on Pearl Harbor |
| TORAS | Words in a 1970 war picture's title! |
| TOOLATETHEHERO | 1970 war film starring Michael Caine and Cliff Robertson (3,4,3,4) |
| SCOTT | George C., U.S. actor who won an Oscar for playing the title role in the 1970 war film Patton (5) |
| BLA | Said thrice when bored |
| AGATHACHRISTIE | A writer's saga: thrice a hit novel |
| OYEZ | When repeated thrice, a court cry |
| PETER | Word meaning fizzle out or dwindle; the disciple who denied Christ thrice; a call for trumps in whist; or, a prison cell, safe or trunk (5) |
| TID | Thrice a day, on prescriptions: Abbr. |
| TURN | Thrice, a classic 1965 tune |
| ETCETERA | And so on, as Yul Brynner said (thrice) in The King And I (2,6) |
| KES | A 1970 film by Ken Loach about a boy who befriends a bird of prey (3) |
| RAINDROPSKEEP | A 1970 song, or a comment heard in a psychiatric ward? |
| FALLINONMYHEAD | A 1970 song, or a comment heard in a psychiatric ward? |
