| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| AFIRE | Needing to be doused |
| LOW | Needing to be refilled |
| INCODE | Needing to be cracked? |
| WET | Needing to be wrung out |
| AJAR | Needing to be closed, perhaps |
| MESSY | Needing to be picked up |
| MUSTY | Needing to be aired out |
| TAME | Not needing to be broken |
| LOW | Needing to be refilled soon |
| INASPOT | Needing to be bailed out, perhaps |
| AFLAME | Needing to be put out, maybe |
| INAJAM | Needing to be bailed out, perhaps |
| INAJAM | Needing to be bailed out, maybe |
| INPLAY | Needing to be fielded, as a baseball |
| SOILED | Needing to be taken to the cleaners |
| OVERBALANCING | A bracing novel oddly needing to be straightened (13) |
