| 100% | TID | 3 | Three times daily, in Rx's |
| 66% | TER | 3 | Three times, in an Rx |
| 65% | QID | 3 | Four times daily, in an Rx |
| 54% | STRIKEOUT | 9 | Whiff three times in the batter's box |
| 52% | TER | 3 | Three times, in prescriptions |
| 51% | ELS | 3 | Pair seen three times in "All's Well That Ends Well" |
| 51% | FRIEDEGGS | 9 | Breakfast order visually suggested three times in this puzzle's grid |
| 51% | TER | 3 | Three times, in a prescription |
| 51% | NOR | 3 | Word found three times in the unofficial U.S. Postal Service motto |
| 51% | SKILIFTS | 8 | Peak picker-uppers, as depicted three times in this puzzle's grid |
| 50% | NOR | 3 | Conjunction used three times in the first line of Shakespeare's Sonnet 65 |
| 49% | TID | 3 | Three times a day, on an Rx |
| 49% | THY | 3 | Word used three times in the first four lines of the Lord's Prayer |
| 47% | THEBOMB | 7 | Element found three times in this puzzle |
| 47% | EEONDOWNTHEROAD | 15 | Song performed three times in "The Wiz" |
| 47% | DEERXING | 8 | Road sign that hints at what can be found three times in this puzzle's grid |
| 46% | CHA | 3 | Syllable often said three times in a row |
| 46% | NAG | 3 | Verb often said three times in a row |
| 46% | CHATTERBOX | 10 | Windbag, as seen three times in this puzzle? |
| 46% | OLE | 3 | Chanted three times at football matches in Spain |
| 46% | ETC | 3 | Abbr. sometimes written three times in a row |
| 46% | BLACKSHEEP | 10 | Familial outcast depicted three times in this puzzle |
| 46% | LUNCHBREAK | 10 | Midday hiatus illustrated three times in this puzzle |
| 46% | EON | 3 | S_c_ _d (time in time) |
| 46% | SNOWBALLEFFECTS | 15 | Developing phenomena literally depicted three times in this puzzle |
| 46% | MCENROE | 7 | John who won Wimbledon three times in the 1980s |
| 46% | NOR | 3 | Word used three times in the Postal Service creed |
| 46% | TORA | 4 | Word used three times in a 1970 war movie |
| 46% | TIMETRAVEL | 10 | Science fiction concept depicted three times in this puzzle |
| 46% | IPUTASPELLONYOU | 15 | Much-covered 1956 Screamin' Jay Hawkins song ... hinting at what happens three times in this puzzle's solution |