Possible Clues:

• Little seal or young bird, say
• Small official seal
• Fish, for example, being out of this world, makes impression
• Small seal needs small pen, as stated
• Small seal (set in a ring)
• Tinges (anag) — seal
• Hear youngster in water, a seal
• Ingest soup in Ring
• Turns up, Jack looks down on soldiers from Ring, initially speaking
• Hire alien - it's got a certain ring to it