| BILBO | Hobbit who found the One Ring, setting in motion the events of The Lord of the Rings |
| SMEAGOL | Hobbit who found the Ring before Bilbo |
| ROARINGTWENTIES | New registration to set in motion the Jazz Age (7,8) |
| IMPETUS | With energy of motion, the little devil joins the alien and us finally |
| FROISSART | Medieval historian whose Chronicles chart the events of the Hundred Years' War including the accession of Edward III, the Battle of Crecy and the Peasants' Revolt (9) |
| DISCUS | One of the events of the ancient Greek pentathlon (6) |
| ANDROMACHE | Athenian tragedy by Euripides that dramatises the heroine's life as a slave after the events of the Trojan War |
| MOUNTDOOM | Volcano where the One Ring was forged in 'The Lord of the Rings' |
| ANNAL | A register of the events of the year by Anne and Albert |
| RELATE | Give an account of: - the events of the day |
| ATWORST | In the event of the utmost calamity a couple are reportedly stumped (2,5) |
| THIRDAGE | 3021- year historical period during which the events of J R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings took place (5,3) |
| ONEBC | Shortly before the events of the New Testament |
| FRODO | Hobbit who inherits the One Ring from Bilbo |
| LAUNCH | The setting in motion of a boat, new project etc; or, an event or party celebrating this (6) |
| ELROND | The decision to destroy the One Ring was made at The Council of ___ |
| MIDDLEEARTH | "The Lord of the Rings" setting |
| CLASSICS | Greek and Latin studies; or, the five events of the flat race season including the Oaks (8) |
| AUSTRALIAN | ___ Open first annual Grand Slam tennis event of the year and the largest annual sporting event in the Southern Hemisphere |
| LOBELIASACKVILLEBAGGINS | In J R R Tolkien's stories, the female hobbit who bought Bag End from Frodo when he moved to Crickhollow |
