| TVTO | "We need this _ _ ___ work properly, we're missing all our shows!" |
| EVRYTIME | Listen to Ella sing this, "_ _'_ _ _ _ _ _ We Say Goodbye" (1944) |
| OPERA | "I'm goin' to Wichita, far from this _ _ _ _ _ for evermore", from The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" (5) |
| ITD | "... if I thought _ _ _ work" |
| INADAYS | All _ _ _ _ _ _'_ work (not to be confused with Dean Martin's 1961 delightful nighttime counterpart) |
| DEMONSTRATE | Nasty person, say, steals the last part of our show |
| RIDES | Considered dire in the south but popular at our show (5) |
| UNHHHH | Web series "where we talk about whatever we want because it's our show and not yours," per hosts Katya and Trixie Mattel |
| 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) |
| INORDERTO | Hoping one could perhaps pot red, Ron is missing all ends up (2,5,2) |
| 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) |
