Girl accepting ring in the near future (4)
I believe the answer is:
anon
'in the near future' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'girl accepting ring' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'ann' (**).
'accepting' indicates putting letters inside.
'ring' becomes 'o'.
'ann' going around 'o' is 'ANON'.
(Other definitions for anon that I've seen before include "In the near future" , "before long" , "Presently - or unknown" , "In a little while (informal)" , "In due course" .)