| MINIMAL | The smallest note ? a fifty (7) |
| MINIM | Without hesitation, the smallest note (5) |
| LEOPARD | Inhabiting parts of Africa including the Maasai Mara, the smallest of the big cats in the genus Panthera (7) |
| ATOM | (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the e |
| PLUTO | The smallest planet and the farthest from the sun (5) |
| LITTLEOWL | Often depicted with the goddess of wisdom Athena (hence its binomial nomenclature), the smallest bird in the Strigidae family found in Britain (6,3) |
| ELSALVADOR | The smallest country in Central America, around half the size of Wales with double the population (2,8) |
| FIRECREST | Along with the goldcrest, this bird is the smallest in the UK (9) |
| GAMBIA | The ___; surrounded by Senegal, the smallest of the mainland African countries (6) |
| HARBOUR | ___ porpoise, belonging to the family Phocoenidae and the smallest cetacean in the UK (7) |
| MICH | The smallest of the Small Isles in the Inner Hebrides (4) |
| PETITE | The smallest, at the clothing store |
| ONTARIO | The smallest of the Great Lakes |
| SMEW | The smallest of the mergansers (4) |
| RUNT | Turn into the smallest of the litter |
| RUNTY | Like the smallest of the litter |
| FLEACIRCUS | Sideshow act that features "the smallest performers in the world" |
| GOA | What is the smallest of India's states and was colonised by the Portuguese? (3) |
| ANOA | Which Indonesian dwarf buffalo is the smallest wild representative of the cattle tribe? (4) |
| SEMITONE | Half a note possibly, or at least the smallest interval |
