| GREENDRAGON | The ___ ___; an inn frequented by hobbits in The Lord of the Rings (5,6) |
| SHIRE | Home of Hobbits in Middle Earth (5) |
| SAM | Hobbit in 'The Lord of the Rings' |
| FRODO | Hobbit in The Lord of the Rings (5) |
| BILBOBAGGINS | Hobbit in The Lord of the Rings (5,7) |
| MIDDLEEARTH | Home of the Hobbits |
| BILBO | - - - Baggins, hobbit in The Hobbit (5) |
| THINGAMYBOB | Dislocated mangy hobbit's doodah |
| RESOLUTION | New Year's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , an undertaking made for the coming year (10) |
| WUTANG | ___-___: An American Saga, US hip-hop group drama series (2-4) |
| RISEOF | "300: ___ ___ an empire" (2014) |
| MANOWAR | Jellyfish relative: Portuguese ___ _ ___ (*an' a worm!) (3,4) |
| KETTLEOFFISH | A pretty ___ ___ ___, an awkward situation (6,2,4) |
| COMINGTO | ___ ___ an end : concluding? (6,2) |
| MERRY | One of the Tolkienian Hobbits of The Shire with Bilbo, Frodo, Pippin and Samwise; word meaning cheerful, festive, jolly or tipsy; or, a name for the English wild cherry (5) |
| BAGEND | Underground dwelling of the Hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in the JRR Tolkien novels (3,3) |
| BREE | Village in Tolkien's Middle-Earth, the only place where hobbits and men lived side by side |
| FRODOJOURNALISM | Class in which students report on the doings of Hobbits? |
| ORCS | The "they" of "They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard" |
| ELEVENSES | Mid-morning break for tea, coffee, biscuits or other light refreshments; or, a hobbit's third meal in the Middleearth tales by J. R. R. Tolkien (9) |
