| Mandatory items | 15 |
| Essential items | 15 |
| Indispensables | 14 |
| "Have-to" chores | 26 |
| Too good to miss, as a TV show | 30 |
| Not-to-be-missed show | 21 |
| Worth all the hype, as a film | 29 |
| Words with "TV" in an old NBC slogan | 46 |
| Words with "TV" in an NBC slogan | 42 |
| Top-rated film | 14 |
| Thing not to miss | 17 |
| Something that shouldn't be missed | 38 |
| Not-to-be-missed | 16 |
| Not to be missed, as a TV show | 30 |
| Movie that's not to be missed | 33 |
| It's highly touted | 22 |
| Highly recommended show | 23 |
| Highly recommended film | 23 |
| Movies not to be missed | 23 |
| Attractions not to be missed | 28 |
| Stale-smelling | 14 |
| Hardly fresh | 12 |
| Needing to be aired out | 23 |
| Stale or trite | 14 |
| Damp-smelling | 13 |
| Needing air freshener | 21 |
| Needing a good airing | 21 |
| Like some attics | 16 |
| Like old attics | 15 |
| In need of an airing | 20 |
| Having a stale odor | 19 |
| Attic condition, sometimes | 26 |
| Affected by mold or mildew | 26 |
| Sport of a sort | 15 |
| Part of TMNT | 12 |
| Like some genes | 15 |
| Sci-fi beastie | 14 |
| Genetic oddity | 14 |
| Genetic anomaly | 15 |
| "Teenage ___ Ninja Turtles" | 37 |
| Teenage ___ Ninja Turtles | 25 |
| Sci-fi oddity | 13 |
| Post-apocalyptic human | 22 |
| Part of "TMNT" | 24 |
| Outcome of genetic error | 24 |
| Natural selection experiment | 28 |
| Like the X-Men | 14 |
| Like a teenage turtle? | 22 |
| Like a Ninja Turtle? | 20 |
| Genetic surprise | 16 |
| Genetic aberration | 18 |
| Deviant sci-fi character | 24 |
| Certain horror film villain | 27 |
| Botanical sport | 15 |
| Any one of the X-Men | 20 |
| Any of the X-Men, e.g. | 22 |
| Change genetically | 18 |
| Undergo change | 14 |
| Change on a genetic level | 25 |
| Get out of shape? | 17 |
| Turn a different way? | 21 |
| Change, as genes | 16 |
| Change significantly | 20 |
| Become something else entirely | 30 |
| What a gene might do | 20 |
| Undergo basic change | 20 |
| Undergo alteration | 18 |
| Change, scf-fi style | 20 |
| Change, like some supervillains | 31 |
| Change your genes? | 18 |
| Change your genes | 17 |
| Change into something new | 25 |
| Change in form | 14 |
| Change dramatically | 19 |
| Become the Hulk, say | 20 |
| Become something else altogether | 32 |
| Become a Teenage Ninja Turtle | 29 |
| Transformed | 11 |
| Turned into something hideous | 29 |
| Quite different from before | 27 |
| Not normal, as a gene | 21 |
| Like some viruses | 17 |
| Didn't remain | 17 |
| Altered in form | 15 |
| Muffler | 7 |
| Remote-control button | 21 |
| Violin attachment | 17 |
| Remote option | 13 |
| Trumpet muffler | 15 |
| Trumpet accessory | 17 |
| TV remote button | 16 |
| "Turn off the sound" button | 37 |
| Trumpet insert | 14 |
| Instrumental silencer | 21 |
| Button on a remote | 18 |
| Universal remote button | 23 |
| Turn off the sound | 18 |
| Soundless | 9 |
| Silence the tube | 16 |
| Remote control command | 22 |