Answer:

TUBES

Answer	Crossword Clue
TUBES	What today's tires lack
TUBES	Makeshift rafts
TUBES	Colgate containers

TUBES	Den sets
TUBES	Paste dispensers
TUBES	Soft dispensers
TUBES	Lazy river floaters
TUBES	Paste holders
TUBES	Cream dispensers
TUBES	Crest dispensers
TUBES	Old TV parts

TUBES	Down the ... (into ruin)
TUBES	Chemistry lab holders
TUBES	Glass pipes
TUBES	Squeezable containers
TUBES	Toothpaste holders
TUBES	Ziti, essentially
TUBES	Internet components, per Senator Ted Stevens
TUBES	Straws, e.g.

TUBES	Toothpaste containers
TUBES	Ziti shapes
TUBES	Toothpaste dispensers
TUBES	Torpedo chambers
TUBES	Long hollow cylinders.
TUBES	Transportation to New Jersey.
TUBES	London subways.
TUBES	Paste holders.

TUBES	TV gear.
TUBES	TV parts.
TUBES	Conduits.
TUBES	Subways: Colloq.
TUBES	Paste containers.
TUBES	Tunnel sections.
TUBES	Certain containers.
TUBES	Containers.

TUBES	Paint holders.
TUBES	Radio parts
TUBES	Eustachian and inner
TUBES	TV repairman's stock
TUBES	Certain containers