| LASTDANCE | 1978 hit in which Donna Summer sings, I need you by me, beside me to guide me: 2 wds. |
| HOTSTUFF | 1979 hit in which Donna Summer sings, Don't want another night on my own: 2 wds. |
| ANTONY | Marc who sings "I Need to Know" |
| SAYER | "When I Need You" by Leo ___ |
| VENICE | City in which Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti works? (6) |
| MENTOR | Guide me over northern peak (6) |
| VADEMECUM | Guide me through cave, mud all over the place (4-5) |
| JEHOVAH | "Guide me, O thou great . . . . . . ." (Hymn) (7) |
| EXPLAIN | "You ask how much I need you, must I ...? I need you, oh my darling, like roses need rain," sang Johnny Mathis in The Twelfth Of Never |
| STARTMEUP | Rolling Stones hit in which the title is followed in the lyrics by "I'll never stop" |
| HALO | 2009 hit in which Beyonce sings "I got my angel now" |
| LESMISERABLES | Top 10 longest-running Broadway musical in which Fantine sings I Dreamed a Dream: 2 wds. |
| CARE | "...and if she's beside me I know I need never ___" |
| INEED | "You ask how much ... you, must I explain? I need you, oh my darling, like roses need rain," sang Johnny Mathis in The Twelfth Of Never (1,4) |
| LALA | 2004 Ashlee Simpson hit in which she expresses her desire to sing a song she doesn't know the lyrics |
| BOTTOMSUP | My Songz hit in which he rhymes "pocket full of green "with 'shake it in them Jeans" |
| MYWINGS | In My Fair Lady, Eliza Doolittle sings, "I could have spread ...; And done a thousand things; I've never done before" (2,5) |
| IPROMISENOTTOGO | "You'll have me beside you the whole time" |
| NOTLIKEUS | 2024 Kendrick Lamar hit in which he dissed Drake: 3 wds. |
| LEOSAYER | Singer-songwriter whose hit singles include The Show Must Go On, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing and When I Need You |
