| HEIST | Explosive is prime requirement for the robbery |
| TRIGGER | Lever, prime requirement for the ship |
| TALMA | Loose garment, prime requirement for the dancing girl |
| TOYS | Fiddles -- prime requirements for the orchestra, you suspect (4) |
| BUTTER | Prime requirement for bread, say? (6) |
| BUNK | Rubbish food ___ prime requirement for kebab (4) |
| SPEED | Prime requirement for person in race? |
| PEWEES | Quiet English water, prime requirement for some birds |
| IMMEDIATE | One prime requirement for match - umpire present |
| CASPIANSEA | Water recycled as in space, prime requirement for astronauts |
| TEACHEST | Schools with prime requirement for ticking box (3,5) |
| LAPTOP | Computer chum set up, prime requirement for tackling work (6) |
| MARRIAGE | A prime requirement for divorce (8) |
| LAVABO | Basin and toilet prime requirements for all bathrooms, nothing more? |
| ANISEED | Is included in a requirement for the making of cordial (7) |
| CAPITALIST | Major city is prime target for business investor (10) |
| HISTOBLAST | A chap's personal explosive is presumably ... for opening cell? |
| GRENADE | Explosive is unsophisticated, missing the core, made without cap (7) |
| BARENECESSITY | Essential requirement for the naturist? (4,9) |
| BIPED | Requirement for the two step? (5) |
