German city circulating a list for necessities (10)
I believe the answer is:
essentials
'necessities' is the definition.
('essential' can be a synonym of 'necessity')
'german city circulating a list' is the wordplay.
'german city' becomes 'essen' (I've seen this before).
'circulating' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'list'='alist'
'alist' is an anagram of 'tials'.
'essen'+'tials'='ESSENTIALS'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for essentials that I've seen before include "necessities" , "Things needed" .)