| 100% | BRR | 3 | "We need to light the fireplace!" |
| 66% | LOOP | 4 | We need to close the ___ on this |
| 56% | STOCKING | 8 | (4/8) "...I don't need to hang my ___ there upon the fireplace..." |
| 51% | ROADS | 5 | ''Where we're going we don't need __'' (''Back to the Future'' last line) |
| 51% | ELSE | 4 | “Anything ___ we need to discuss?” |
| 51% | SWINTON | 7 | We Need to Talk About Kevin actor Tilda |
| 51% | ROADS | 5 | "Where we're going, we don't need ___" (last line in "Back to the Future") |
| 50% | CHANUKKAH | 9 | Time to light the menorah (var.) |
| 50% | LETSTALK | 8 | "There's something we need to discuss" |
| 49% | EDEN | 4 | Need to rearrange the garden |
| 49% | EDEN | 4 | Need to transform the garden |
| 49% | EDEN | 4 | Need to improve the garden |
| 49% | GAS | 3 | "Step on the ___, we need to get there as quickly as possible" |
| 49% | SPAREUS | 7 | "We don't need to know all the details" |
| 49% | AMC | 3 | Company with an advertisement that describes "that indescribable feeling we get when the lights begin to dim" |
| 49% | OWE | 3 | Need to return the favor to |
| 48% | REDSHIFTED | 10 | Like light from stars moving away from us ... or like the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 48% | ENVY | 4 | Need to keep up with the Joneses |
| 48% | LEASH | 5 | Need to and from the dog park |
| 48% | DUE | 3 | Needing to go back to the library |
| 48% | LOST | 4 | Needing to turn on the GPS, perhaps |
| 48% | DEAD | 4 | Needing to be plugged into the charger |
| 48% | WEVEMET | 7 | "No need to introduce us" |
| 48% | WEMET | 5 | "No need to introduce us" |
| 48% | WEMET | 5 | “No need to introduce us” |
| 48% | MOVINGGOALPOSTS | 15 | "Expanding the bleachers isn't enough. We need to relocate the whole stadium" |
| 47% | STEPONDEGAS | 11 | "We're gonna need to drive faster if we're going to see those ballerina sculptures before the museum closes!" |
| 47% | TILDA | 5 | Swinton who starred in We Need to Talk About Kevin |
| 47% | STEVENASH | 9 | First N.B.A. player to light the Olympic cauldron |
| 46% | ISAW | 4 | "No need to show me the replay" |