| ASLONGAS | ___ He Needs Me, song from the musical Oliver! (2,4,2) |
| IDDOANYTHING | Song from the musical Oliver! after which a 2008 BBC reality TV series was named |
| ARGENTINA | Don't Cry For Me - - -, song from the musical Evita (9) |
| IPSEQUAERERE | Debet ____ ____: he needs to look for himself – non se petere, sed "in person" |
| NANCY | Which Musical character sings As Long As He Needs Me? (5) |
| SCHEME | Having little science, he needs me to formulate plan (6) |
| CONSIDER | ____ Yourself, song in the film and stage musical Oliver! sung by Artful Dodger (8) |
| SECOMBE | Member of The Goons who played Mr Bumble in the musical Oliver!, Harry ------- (7) |
| BART | Lionel ---, creator of the book, music and lyrics of the musical Oliver! (4) |
| LIONELBART | Composer of the musical Oliver! (6,4) |
| HOMEMADE | House needs me, servant reportedly crude in style? (4-4) |
| EMPLOYEE | Worker needs me to back scheme by European economic leaders (8) |
| SOLOTRIP | Vacation for when you need "me" time |
| YOUVE | "___ Got a Friend in Me" (song from "Toy Story") |
| IVE | "___ Gotta Be Me" (song from "Golden Rainbow") |
| SHE | When ____ Loved Me (song from Toy Story 2) |
| REED | Oliver ___, actor whose roles included Bill Sikes in 1968 film musical Oliver! (4) |
| LESTER | Mark ___, child actor who played the title role in 1968 film musical Oliver! (6) |
| CAROLREED | English film director who made the 1968 film musical Oliver! (5,4) |
| ROOM | "The breathing gets harder; even I know that. Made ___ for me" (song lyric from 2007) |
