| STONECIRCLE | E.g. Ring of Brodgar in Orkney (5,6) |
| HENGES | Neolithic earthworks often containing stone circles such as the Stripple Stones on Bodmin Moor, the Ring of Brodgar in Orkney or that in Avebury (6) |
| IDIOM | A metaphorical phrase, e.g. ring in the new year. |
| JEWELLER | Seller of e.g. rings |
| STANDINGSTONES | Orkney's Ring of Brodgar, eg (8,6) |
| STONE | Ranking by weight of ancient Orcadian site, like part of the Ring of Brodgar (8,5) |
| STANDING | Ranking by weight of ancient Orcadian site, like part of the Ring of Brodgar (8,5) |
| ORKNEY | Archipelago in which the Ring of Brodgar is located (6) |
| STENNESS | Standing stones site near the Ring of Brodgar on Orkney (8) |
| CIRCLES | Goes around and around the Callanish stones and Orkney's Ring of Brodgar (7) |
| STANDINGSTONE | Upright slab, as can be found at Orkney's Ring of Brodgar (8,5) |
| ARCHIPELAGO | Token beer knocked back in old ship in Orkney, say |
| WESTRAYWIFE | Neolithic female figurine discovered in Orkney (7,4) |
| ISLANDGAMES | International sports event taking place in Orkney (6,5) |
| NORSE | Old --; language of the Vikings; a form of which was spoken in Orkney and the islands mentioned in 3 |
| SKARABRAE | Uncovered by a storm in 1850, a 5,000 year-old Neolithic village on the Bay of Skaill in Orkney (5,4) |
| CURIO | Antique copper ring in Orkney, originally (5) |
| MERINO | Farmer in Orkney brings in wool supplier (6) |
| HOY | The Old Man of ---, red sandstone sea stack in Orkney (3) |
| NORN | Form of Norse once spoken in Orkney and Shetland (4) |
