| Attempt to win approval |
| Aggressively attempts |
| Attempt to bypass opposition |
| My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the third of five sons |
| Attempts a quick escape |
| A third of "seis |
| Actress Jessica who's expecting her third child with husband Cash Warren |
| Funds held by a third party |
| America's so-called Third Coast |
| Attempt, in British parlance. |
| Third World worry |
| All-Star third baseman Ron |
| Agency featured in "Third Watch" (abbr.) |
| Jacob's third son |
| An attempt to bring order out of chaos," per Sondheim |
| Attempts to strike |
| About a third of Earth's landmass |
| Rain Parade "Emergency Third ___ Power Trip |
| Attempt |
| Third person masculine? |
| Youngster's lyric, perhaps after five missed attempts in this puzzle |
| Diaper-wearing/attempted kindaper/astronaut Nowak |
| Hostile attempts to acquire competing products? |
| Additional attempts, informally |
| Actress Long of NBC's "Third Watch |
| Muppet who speaks in third person |
| Third ___ Blind ("Semi-Charmed Life" band) |
| Alt-rock band Third ___ Blind |
| A moderately good play with a badly written third act," according to Truman Capote |
| Third time, proverbially |