| 100% | TER | 3 | Three times, in prescriptions |
| 94% | TER | 3 | Three times, in a prescription |
| 71% | TER | 3 | Three times, in an Rx |
| 69% | THEBOMB | 7 | Element found three times in this puzzle |
| 69% | EEONDOWNTHEROAD | 15 | Song performed three times in "The Wiz" |
| 68% | TER | 3 | Three times, on a prescription |
| 67% | CHA | 3 | Syllable often said three times in a row |
| 67% | NAG | 3 | Verb often said three times in a row |
| 67% | CHATTERBOX | 10 | Windbag, as seen three times in this puzzle? |
| 67% | ETC | 3 | Abbr. sometimes written three times in a row |
| 67% | BLACKSHEEP | 10 | Familial outcast depicted three times in this puzzle |
| 67% | LUNCHBREAK | 10 | Midday hiatus illustrated three times in this puzzle |
| 67% | STRIKEOUT | 9 | Whiff three times in the batter's box |
| 67% | TID | 3 | Three times daily, in Rx's |
| 66% | SNOWBALLEFFECTS | 15 | Developing phenomena literally depicted three times in this puzzle |
| 66% | MCENROE | 7 | John who won Wimbledon three times in the 1980s |
| 66% | NOR | 3 | Word used three times in the Postal Service creed |
| 66% | TORA | 4 | Word used three times in a 1970 war movie |
| 66% | TIMETRAVEL | 10 | Science fiction concept depicted three times in this puzzle |
| 65% | HATED | 5 | Word appearing three times in a 2000 Roger Ebert title |
| 65% | STRETCHTHETRUTH | 15 | Exaggerate, and a command followed three times in this puzzle |
| 65% | SPIKE | 5 | 53-Across feature, as seen three times in this puzzle |
| 65% | ZHUZHEDITUP | 11 | Added panache, as was done three times in this puzzle? |
| 64% | ILOVEYOU | 8 | Lyric sung three times in a row in the Beatles' "Michelle" |
| 64% | LETITSNOW | 9 | Phrase sung three times in a row in a holiday song |
| 64% | NOR | 3 | Word repeated three times in the United States Postal Service creed |
| 64% | YES | 3 | Word spoken three times in the last seven words of “Ulysses” |
| 64% | ELS | 3 | Pair seen three times in "All's Well That Ends Well" |
| 64% | FRIEDEGGS | 9 | Breakfast order visually suggested three times in this puzzle's grid |
| 64% | MEALSONWHEELS | 13 | Program for homebound seniors, found literally three times in this puzzle |