Cryptic crossword clue
Wants tapes after scene is shot 11

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word NECESSITIES

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The straight part
We know that "Wants" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wants = necessities.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NECESSITIES mean?

NECESSITIES noun
  1. The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
  2. The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack
  3. Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable.
  4. Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power
  5. The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.
  6. Greater utilitarian good; used in justification of a criminal act.
  7. (in the plural) Indispensable requirements (of life).

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