| AUTARKY | System or policy of economic self-sufficiency in which a country engages in no international trade (7) |
| NONINTERVENTION | The practice or policy of avoiding involvement in a dispute between others (3,12) |
| GOOD | Classic BBC sitcom about self-sufficiency in a suburban garden (3,4,4) |
| THE | Classic BBC sitcom about self-sufficiency in a suburban garden (3,4,4) |
| LIFE | Classic BBC sitcom about self-sufficiency in a suburban garden (3,4,4) |
| ASHFORD | ____ International station in Kent has had no international services since 2020 |
| TRANSMISSION | Broadcast from coaches with no international assignment (12) |
| GOODLIFE | The ___: 1970s BBC comedy series about a couple trying to live a life of self-sufficiency (4,4) |
| ADVOCACY | Public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy (8) |
| NEWT | Amphibian after which a country house hotel in Somerset is named (4) |
| SPHERE | ____ of influence, region over which a country has the power to affect developments (6) |
| NAMIB | Desert of southern Africa after which a country is named |
| IDIDITMYWAY | Sinatra's assertion of self-sufficiency |
| DIOGENES | Greek Cynic philosopher born in Sinope who advocated self-sufficiency |
| EMPOWERMENT | Enabling of self-sufficiency (11) |
| THEGOODLIFE | Richard Briers and Penelope Keith's 70s self-sufficiency comedy (3,4,4) |
| SEAT | The place from which a country is governed |
| MTKENYA | Stratovolcano for which a country is named, briefly |
| FRONTIER | Limit to which a country will go (8) |
| REAR | Nurture until maturity and self-sufficiency (4) |
