Cannot download songs in 'Not in my Library'

Hi guys,
Like most I have been over the moon about being able to download missing iTunes music.
Having made a great start I have got a problem I can't seem to get around.
I have approx 2000 tracks, and I used 'Not in My library' to successfully update my music library... well nearly completely...
...but it seems I have 351 missing tracks as shown in 'Not in my Library'.
However, they are not listed below like the successfully downloaded tracks were. They just show as numbers on the left.
Naturally, I want to put all the music on the computer!
Maybe I have mistunderstood??.. so could someone explain how to download the missing tracks?
I enclose a screen dump.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Pete

Solved.
I discovered that the missing files were showing as NOT downloaded in PURCHASES / ALL
I clicked on a few of them and was able to download them.
Then I returned to the 'NOT IN MY LIBRARY' and lo and behold there were lots of missing files.
I then downloaded them as usual.
I am guessing but I imagine something was corrupted but has cleared.
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