| NEEDSMUST | Reportedly rub son in dirt -- if necessary! (5,4) |
| INAPINCH | Ah, in Northern Ireland politically correct leaders about to do so if necessary! (2,1,5) |
| STERILISED | i.e. less dirt if fluid is this? |
| FIRSTAID | Treating people as dirt, if crooked (5,3) |
| DETERGENT | Solution in a bottle that works to remove ground-in dirt from loads and loads of laundry |
| INGRAINED | Ground in (dirt) |
| ATAPINCH | A sort of dance in church? If it's absolutely necessary! |
| PEWIT | Flyer trapped in pipe, with slimming down necessary! (5) |
| RENOWN | The owner has a point! Fame is necessary! (6) |
| TRIM | Shape up, mister! It is necessary! (4) |
| MEAL | An occasion on which food is necessary! (4) |
| ATAPUSH | Volunteers climbing up in tree if necessary |
| INITIATE | If necessary, it takes in at the edge to begin (8) |
| UNDERSTUDY | Actor who learns the part of another actor in order to act as a replacement if necessary (10) |
| DUSTBIN | Rubbish here in south of France - heading north initially, to Belgium if necessary (7) |
| ONCALL | Able to be contacted in order to provide a professional service if necessary (2,4) |
| RESERVEDLY | "I'll raise interest rates if necessary," murmured Alan Greenspan ___ |
| FIT | To try clothes on to make adjustments if necessary (3) |
| NEOMYCIN | Antibiotic, one dispensed by my chemist if necessary initially |
| FIREPIT | Place to cook tripe, if necessary |
