For example, third gold ring in which name inscribed (7)
I believe the answer is:
ordinal
'inscribed' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'for example third gold ring in which name' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'gold' could be 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold) and 'or' is present in the answer.
'in' is present in the answer.
'name' could be 'dal' and 'dal' is present in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ordinal that I've seen before include "First and second, say" , "First, second, third etc." , "The associate of Cardinal" , "gives position in class" , "Ninth, maybe" .)