Crossword Puzzle Ridiculously inadequate thing

Clue: Ridiculously inadequate thing

Ridiculously inadequate (PATHETIC with 8 letters)
Bendable things (RULES with 5 letters)
"Let's do this thing" (e.g. IMREADY with 7 letters)
And other things too numerous to mention (ETCETC with 6 letters)
A bad thing to put on (AIRS with 4 letters)
Good thing to hear (WELCOMENEWS with 11 letters)
Docked thing (BOBTAIL-2 with 9 letters)
Two favorite things for a dance-party-loving cassis producer? (CURRANTANDRAVE with 14 letters)
Thing paid for in an alley (LANE with 4 letters)
Signs of things to come (e.g. HERALDS with 7 letters)