French school form ran out, beginning to exclaim "Five gold rings!" (3,7)

Independent Cryptic #12268 | 13 Across | 2026-02-02
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

(Ran out)*(form is the anagram indicator) + (e[xclaim] in (V(=five) + au(=gold in periodic table)). Rings indicates inclusion.

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