| ACTIVITY | Unusually, Vatican City needing no prison industry (8) |
| SEXIEST | No prison for expressionist for being the most attractive (7) |
| OPENBAR | No prison hindrance where free spirits are found (4,3) |
| ADELE | Singer from Aussie city needing no help (5) |
| ZENO | Philosopher from unknown US city, needing no introduction (4) |
| RIGHTON | Fashionable English city needing no introduction (5,2) |
| BEYONDMEASURE | Night spot around French city needing no introduction with bar that's impossible to quantify (6,7) |
| CORDOBA | City needing my answer to include date of birth (7) |
| RIOTERS | Disorderly people from Brazilian city needing rest, possibly (7) |
| SYDNEY | City needing tips on sanitary distribution, eventually |
| CAPITAL | Chief city needing money (7) |
| BERTELLO | President of the Governorate of Vatican City (8) |
| BASILICA | Church like St Peter's in the Vatican City (8) |
| ENCLAVES | Vatican City and Chinatown |
| STPETERS | Vatican City basilica (2,5'1) |
| SMALLEST | Vatican City, in country terms |
| KINSHASA | Capital about 22 miles from Brazzaville, making them the second-closest pair of world capitals (behind Vatican City and Rome) |
| SMALLCAPITALS | Little characters from Vatican City and City of San Marino, for example (5,8) |
| ROME | Capital city that surrounds Vatican City |
| URBAN | Designation for heads of Vatican City, or of any city |
