| SAURON | Maker of the Ring in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| MYPRECIOUS | What Gollum calls the Ring in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| OCTAGON | What is the shape of the "ring" in UFC fights? (7) |
| INFRINGE | Break the rules of the ring in fine mix-up (8) |
| HOBNOB | Heads north of border following one of The Rings in the hospitality business to socialise (6) |
| HOOD | Robin put the ring in the coal scuttle |
| NOOSE | One's upset about the ring in the halter |
| CIRCULAR | Describing the ring in the advertisement (8) |
| TOLERATE | Permit for tenor heard in The Ring in Madrid for the hourly fee (8) |
| AURA | Light coming from the rings in Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings say |
| SPAR | Practise in the ring in one's spare time (4) |
| ADAMS | Nicola, who struck gold in the ring in 2012 |
| WRESTLED | Competed in the ring, in a way |
| BULLBYTHEHORNS | Grapple boldly with difficulty as one might do in the ring in Spain (4,3,4,2,3,5) |
| TAKETHE | Grapple boldly with difficulty as one might do in the ring in Spain (4,3,4,2,3,5) |
| TOOKTHE | Grappled boldly with difficulty as one might have done in the ring in Spain (4,3,4,2,3,5) |
| UNICORN | Legendary beast has King Charles holding the ring in marriage (7) |
| ENDORSE | Sign as sender, having wrapped the ring in it (7) |
| DOMAIN | A mind to move around the ring in all one has dominion over (6) |
| PELOTA | Leapt wildly around the ring in a game (6) |
