| NONQUOTA | Back soon, holding ring, but not the one excluded from one's share (3-5) |
| INGLE | Son excluded from one and only fireplace (5) |
| HERO | He's the ___ Gotham deserves but not the one it needs right now.. (from The Dark Knight) |
| ELLA | Great interpreter of 8 21 25 (but not the one mentioned therein) (4) |
| WONONPOINTS | Was victorious in the ring, but not by a knockout |
| INNER | A ring but not of gold standard |
| SPITTOON | Soon holding actor Brad's Wild West saloon bar vessel (8) |
| INEARNEST | Fine, darn vest, but not the ones on the left, seriously |
| HONES | Sharpens rings, but not at first |
| DYSLEXIC | Wild idyllic sex left one excluded, not reading things well |
| OBTAINED | Got the ring but it has a bend in it (8) |
| ALTARBOY | He helps priest change, we hear, by holding ring (5,3) |
| MICHELLE | ___ Keegan, Our Girl star back soon on the Beeb (8) |
| NICKNAME | Not the one one is christened with (8) |
| SUPERMAN | Not the one in the street, of course (8) |
| ABSENTEE | Peg's after a playwright? Not the one who's never arrived (8) |
| OUTSIDER | One's excluded work or duties (8) |
| BROTHERS | Two members of brigade - not the ones here - are comrades |
| IMISSYOU | Words preceding "Come back soon" |
| RHEOSTAT | Start aborted - holding ring he first put inside this device |
