| TVTO | "We need this _ _ ___ work properly, we're missing all our shows!" |
| OPERA | "I'm goin' to Wichita, far from this _ _ _ _ _ for evermore", from The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" (5) |
| ITD | "... if I thought _ _ _ work" |
| DEMONSTRATE | Nasty person, say, steals the last part of our show |
| RIDES | Considered dire in the south but popular at our show (5) |
| APOSTROPHE | If letters were missing, this could be the fourth character of eight in a string (10) |
| RENNET | Note put up: 'We need this for cheese-making' (6) |
| TRESTLE | We need this one's support at the table (7) |
| THEVERYTHING | This is missing all that's ideal |
| WAFFLE | Swap iffy flex missing all outer casings and padding (6) |
| FLORIN | Once the cost when bits of flooring were missing? (6) |
| OXYGEN | We need this gas to stay alive (6) |
| BREW | Brother! We need this concoction! (4) |
| TEASPOON | Might we need this one as pot boils? (8) |
| LICENCE | We need this to get TV freedom |
| ALPHABET | Bath leap, in a way, shows all our characters (8) |
| ALLMEDALLISTS | What we hope all our Olympians names will be on (3,5,5) |
| NSA | Org. that we joke is spying on all our texts and browsing history (hi, guys!) |
| ALL | What we hope all our Olympians names will be on (3,5,5) |
| NEEDLECRAFT | Sewer needs this to be able to work properly (11) |
