| STATEPAPERS | Documents of national importance, say the press (5,6) |
| FOURTHESTATE | Just out of the medals facing Spain, say the press (6,6) |
| STATE | Government documents, say the press (5-6) |
| PAPERS | Government documents, say the press (5-6) |
| KEYINDUSTRY | Manufacture of national importance, making locks as well? (3,8) |
| CREDENTIALS | Diplomatic documents of recommendation (11) |
| SAFECONDUCT | Document of escort (4-7) |
| CERTIFICATE | Document of achievement (11) |
| ION | A little matter of national importance! (3) |
| CANADADAY | Preserve double bill always for date of national importance |
| OCANADA | Arranged a coda covering an anthem of national importance (1,6) |
| NOVGOROD | Until their discovery, it was assumed that writing was the preserve of the church and the ruling class and that most people were illiterate. Since 1951, these medieval boiled-birch-bark documents, of |
| PLEBISCITE | A direct vote by the electorate of a state, region, etc, on some question of usually national importance |
| MINER | Burrowing insect of little importance, say |
| EGOTRIP | An act of self-importance, say, to put up rent |
| MILAN | City on the rise in national importance (5) |
| LOGBOOK | Ship's journal; headteacher's record of attendances, events etc; or, formerly, the registration documents of a motor vehicle (7) |
| AWAITED | Anticipated article given importance, say (7) |
| ARCHIVES | The historical documents of an institution or community (8) |
| PARDON | What did you say? Policemen are releasing documents of notorious leaders! (6) |
