| PREREQUISITE | Must I request ripe bananas? |
| IMPAIRED | Frustrated amid ripe bananas? (8) |
| LIPREAD | Watch mouth of boy eating ripe bananas? (7) |
| REQUITES | Repays - returns - I request (anag) (8) |
| ELIXIR | Felix, I request sandwiches and potion (6) |
| LOGICAL | Record I request, ultimately wanting sound |
| PICTURESQUE | New cup I request is pretty (11) |
| BOWTIE | Boat I request for formal wear (3,3) |
| MISHAP | I request silence during plot slip-up (6) |
| EXPLAIN | "You ask how much I need you, must I ...? I need you, oh my darling, like roses need rain," sang Joh |
| INAPINCH | If I must, I sleep in church (2,1,5) |
| HECTOLITRES | Out of the closet, I request to start large quantities of drink (11) |
| STOPTHEBUS | Best to push in turn when I request to be let off transport (4,3,3) |
| INEED | "You ask how much ... you, must I explain? I need you, oh my darling, like roses need rain," sang Jo |
| SIMULATION | Must I get to Los Angeles? No, I am just pretending |
| IMPUREST | Must ripe bananas become the least wholesome? (8) |
| IAGO | 'Honest ___,/My Desdemona must I leave to thee' |
| STARS | Must I drop from the stairs to see them? (5) |
| TIRAMISU | A must, I suspect, to eat Irish dessert |
| DISSIMULATE | Ladies must, I fancy, hide true feelings |