| HOTPOOL | Stolen ring returned in spring |
| OMEGA | A diamond ring, returned in the end? (5) |
| ECRU | So this fawn's returned in spring |
| GONG | Award returned in spring, no good (4) |
| GAOL | Where prisoner is put up, having stolen ring (4) |
| PHOTOMONTAGE | After Brit snatched stolen ring, agent fired several shots |
| DICHOTOMY | Division of detectives returning stolen ring that's awesome |
| SHOW | Mum with ring returned to display (4) |
| LILAC | Pinkish ring returned, one kept (5) |
| HOTFOOT | In great haste, having stolen rings in paper (7) |
| HOPIT | Very good, seemingly, that stolen rings get lost |
| TUN | Fruit put in crackers returned in container (3) |
| SIMONBOCCANEGRA | Company returned in curious macabre song in opera (5,10) |
| SALAMANDER | The fellow in red, alas, returned in an amphibian (10) |
| SCONE | Which coronation stone was taken from Scotland in 1296 and returned in 1996? (5) |
| REARED | Someone brought up artist returned in grass (6) |
| GIFT | Item being returned in the three longest Across answers |
| SUBSEQUENTLY | Consequently, transport returned in an orderly fashion (12) |
| ABYSS | Some Embassy baggage returned in Gulf (5) |
| NEVER | Most of revenue returned in no time! (5) |
