| STATELET | Establish permit was needed to enter a small country (8) |
| BANDIT | ...also, to enter, a little tough (6) |
| CALLOW | Casino's initial permit was green (6) |
| TURRET | In France you and bishop enter a small tower |
| GABONESE | Relating to a small country in west Africa (103,347 sq miles; pop 2 millon), independent since 1960 (8) |
| ISLANDER | Inhabitant of a small country surrounded by water (8) |
| ASSTATED | Is in accordance with what's been said by a small country close to Ireland (2,6) |
| RENEGADE | Said bird, say, reported help was needed for turncoat (8) |
| ROOMFORDESSERT | Question from a server, or what was needed to create the answer to each starred clue |
| ANIMATE | I meant a change was needed to liven things up (7) |
| ISOTOPE | As knowledge of nuclear physics increased this term was needed to describe an atom of the same element with a different atomic weight |
| SHORTBREAD | Kurt said dough was needed to make it? (10) |
| COTTAGE | Word, derived from a medieval term for a one-roomed peasant dwelling or a name for a dove-house, for a small country dwelling (7) |
| TIDY | Straighten out identification needed to enter the borders of Turkey (4) |
| EVIDENT | Clear identification needed to enter race |
| EFFUSE | Force needed to enter unopened, rubbish shed (6) |
| EYESHADES | Affirmation needed to enter oriental hell with sun screen? (9) |
| JUSTTHETICKET | Maybe all that's needed to enter perfection |
| DACHA | Russian term for a small country estate used as a summer retreat |
| SIANJAMES | Author of novels A Small Country and Return to Hendre Ddu |
