### Clue: Men taking the bait and ringing (8)
### Answer: ORBITING 
 ### Explanation: Definition: ringing
 OR(abbrev. for "other ranks", men in the army without commission) + BITING(taking the bait, as in "the fish are not biting today", or "if the sales price is too high, the buyer won't bite").
Defn: Not sounding the bells, but encircling someone or something.