| ENDEAVOURED | Tried to devour a need for it (11) |
| SPEEDREADER | Person who can devour a 500-page tome in a few hours, perhaps |
| WOLFBLITZER | Devour a noted CNN reporter, perhaps? |
| SHANTY | Retiring to devour a collection of books in shed |
| PRIMABALLERINA | Home in time after formal dance to devour a Pavlova? (5,9) |
| EATCROW | Humble way to devour a black bird (3,4) |
| DACHA | Beginning to devour a tea in Vladimir's country cottage? |
| SATAY | Remain to devour a meat dish |
| REQUIREMENT | There's a need for merit: Queen is right about that (11) |
| SWALLOWHAWK | South American kite to devour jingoist (7,4) |
| REFERENDUM | Right femur reset - with need for it to be repeated, some argue |
| EMERGENCY | Cry with me, Gene! There's a pressing need for it (9) |
| VISA | I envisage the need for it to travel (4) |
| NUTMEG | Cook has a grater need for it! (6) |
| FRET | A bar/ridge on a fingerboard; an interlaced pattern; trellis work; a sea fog; or, from "eat, consume, devour", a word meaning "worry" (4) |
| LEMONY | Sharp needle - no need for it, day surgery's ending (6) |
| UNOPENED | Still in bud, but up: no need for it (8) |
| NECESSITY | The need for it sees cit change in New York (9) |
| SEXDRIVE | Unusually diverse times blocking need for it? (3,5) |
| GEAN | No need for it when eating wild cherry (4) |
