| ASTERISM | A printed triangle of three small stars |
| TANGRAM | Puzzle made up of five right triangles of three different sizes, a square and a rhomboid |
| STKILDA | This is a cluster of three small Atlantic islands in the Outer Hebrides group of Scotland, situated 110 miles (180 km) from the mainland. The islands are a nature reserve under the authority of the Na |
| INCUS | Middle of a chain of three small bones in the ear that transmit sound (5) |
| STAPES | The stirrup-shaped bone that is the innermost of three small bones in the middle ear |
| FLAG | An oblong, square or triangle of bunting as a vexillary emblem, ensign, signal or standard; a yellow iris; a bushy tail; or, from the Old Norse for "slice of turf", a flat slab or paving-stone (4) |
| SLICE | Backspin in tennis; a ball that curves away from a player's dominant hand in golf; a triangle of pizza; or, a broad-bladed utensil (5) |
| TORTILLA | From "cake", a Spanish omelette; a Mexican pancake-like flatbread; or, a triangle of the latter, as a nacho (8) |
| FIRE | A principle/state of combustion requiring the interaction of a "triangle" of elements comprising fuel, heat and oxygen; or, ardour, fervour or other "burning" emotion (4) |
| OSSICLE | Small bone, especially each of the three small bones of the middle ear (7) |
| TITIAN | Venetian Renaissance artist whose innovative approach to oil painting and masterful use of colour, including the red with which he is synonymous, earned him the monikers "The Sun Amidst Small Stars" a |
| VARIETIES | Different types of very small stars held together with string (9) |
| DLIST | Group of very small stars? |
| DWARFS | Restricts the growth of small stars (6) |
| EYES | A Pair of Blue ___ 1873 novel by Thomas Hardy about the love triangle of Elfride Swancourt and her two suitors |
| PETTICOAT | Type of underskirt; outer edge of an archery target for which there is no score; or, linked with "tails" for triangles of shortbread cut from a round (9) |
| DELTA | Triangle of land in a river |
| SAMOSA | Folded triangle of pastry with a spicy filling |
| MALLEUS | Largest of the three small bones in the middle ear of mammals (7) |
| HILLOFBEANS | In Casablanca, Rick noted that "It doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a ... in this crazy world" (4,2,5) |
