| GIRASOL | Opal, for instance seen on ring held by young woman |
| DROIT | It is seen on ring road turning right |
| RAREGEM | Red diamond or black opal, for instance |
| SNOOD | Puts on ring held up by hairnet |
| EGRET | Bird, for instance, seen with sapper on tee (5) |
| SEAOTTER | A ring held by me, say, for marine mammal (3,5) |
| ARCHITECT | Wren, for instance, seen in the Arctic, unusually (9) |
| CHASM | Great divide, for instance, seen in church beginning to matter |
| MAORI | Kiri Te Kanawa, for instance, seen in cinema or Imax (5) |
| LEGER | Artist Fernand, for instance, seen in the French resistance (5) |
| VOICE | Ring held by deputy speaker (5) |
| ALLOY | Metal ring held by a friend (5) |
| CONDOM | Rubber rings held by campaigners next to motorway (6) |
| GIRLIE | Government ring-fences sign for Ireland that is produced by young woman (6) |
| CHERUB | She is held by young angel (6) |
| NIGHTCLUB | Odd thing left, held by young fellow in entertainment centre |
| MIDSHIPMAN | Probationary rank held by young naval officers under training (10) |
| FOREIGN | Exotic ring held in place by crooked finger (7) |
| HALO | Gleaming ring held inside worth a lot |
| SMALLTOWNGIRL | Thumbelina produced by young woman from middle of nowhere (5,4,4) |
