Requiring (7)
I believe the answer is:
needing
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">requiring</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('need' can be a synonym of 'require')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for needing that I've seen before include "Requiring" , "Short of, lacking" , "Wanting" , "Eden gin (anag.)" .)