| RIVENDELL | The quest to destroy the One Ring begins here |
| THELORDOF | An epic quest to destroy the Dark Lord's reign, ... The Rings (3,4,2) |
| SPEARHEAD | Go to the forefront of the quest to find part of weapon (9) |
| ELROND | The decision to destroy the One Ring was made at The Council of ___ |
| ARMSRACES | Mars cares about the quests to have more weapons (4,5) |
| SIEGEPERILOUS | In the cycle of Arthurian legend, what term applies to the seat at the Round Table kept vacant for the one who accomplishes the quest of the Holy Grail? (5,8) |
| BILBO | Hobbit who found the One Ring, setting in motion the events of The Lord of the Rings |
| MOUNTDOOM | Volcano where the One Ring was forged in 'The Lord of the Rings' |
| JACOBS | A. J. ___, author of the best seller "The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest |
| WRECKITRALPH | Command to consumer advocate Nader to destroy the computer systems department? |
| FRODO | He carried the One Ring to Mount Doom |
| BLOUSE | Something to wear that will be about to destroy the soul (6) |
| ENEMYAGENT | Get any men assembled round the East to destroy the spy (5,5) |
| MYPRECIOUS | The One Ring, to Gollum |
| TRIES | Endeavours to destroy the last of the frontiers (5) |
| HEISENBERG | Physicist of principle begins here to be disturbed (10) |
| COLCHIS | In Greek mythology, the destination of Jason and the Argonauts in their quest to find the Golden Fleece (7) |
| EQUATES | Corresponds to one, at last a quest to set out (7) |
| PHYLLOXERA | An aphid that threatened to destroy the vineyards of Europe in the 19th century (10) |
| ANTONI | "Queer Eye" food expert Porowski, who Bowen Yang once joked was "the single issue threatening to destroy the queer community" |
