| AUTONOMY | State of being self-governing (8) |
| FREELANCE | At liberty to use weapon being self-governing |
| EGO | What's the good of being self-centred? |
| SUICIDAL | Initially unhappy to feature in remake of I, Claudius, is being self-destructive (8) |
| DECADENT | Publicity's suitable without being self-indulgent (8) |
| EGOISTIC | It goes crazy when in charge and being self-centred (8) |
| TIPSOVER | Stops being self-supporting |
| ANGUILLA | Northernmost of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, a self-governing British overseas territory (8) |
| DOMINION | Self-governing territory (8) |
| GETRIDOF | Smashed teeth? Good grief, stop being self-centred! (3,3,2,3,3) |
| FREESIAS | Self-governing Welshwoman's wanting national flowers |
| ORKNEY | Which islands won a vote to investigate alternative methods of government, to become a crown dependency of the UK or self-governing teritory of Norway? (6) |
| AXIOM | No head tax on the Isle of Man, the truth being self-evident (5) |
| SMUG | Sticks up for being self-satisfied (4) |
| HEADSTRONG | The dogs ran off, being self-willed |
| FREELANCING | Generate real fencing, being self-employed (11) |
| INCONSISTENT | Emphatic about Conservative being self contradictory |
| VAIN | Useless, being self-important |
| TEMPERATE | Rage at English being self-restrained |
| PERKY | Benefit found by Yankee being self-assertive (5) |
