| DEUSEXMACHINA | Due for repair, orgasmatron perhaps lacking final ecstasy, a rather improbable device |
| POPULATED | Provided inhabitants may see laptop due for repair (9) |
| WAGONLIT | Sleeper comedian ends in orgasmatron getting fired up |
| MEDICI | Florentine family lacking final directions for what the doctor prescribed (6) |
| ROUGE | Hooligan for the most part with Ecstasy, a cosmetic! (5) |
| CINDERELLA | Real nice lad, perhaps, lacking a girl at a ball? |
| TACKY | Rather like a nail perhaps, lacking in taste (5) |
| DEFAULT | Break promise when flat due for repairs. (7) |
| SHERGAR | DW: Quiet bit of work with skill lacking final touch (7) |
| BYRONIC | Gloomily romantic farm building mostly in readiness, but lacking final touch |
| QUIDDIT | Petty distinction in game of fantasy books lacking final chapter |
| PARALLEL | Standard variant of gene lacking final base is equivalent |
| DEJAVU | Disc jockey taking Ecstasy, a very upper-class thing we've seen before (4,2) |
| ONCE | Old northern Conservative with ecstasy a while back (4) |
| STONEDEAF | High on ecstasy, a female is unable to hear (5-4) |
| ALEXANDRA | Old Queen Gore and Bush perhaps lacking leadership? Then there's a way back (9) |
| LIMP | A bit unwell, I'm perhaps lacking in energy |
| OOMPH | Sound from tuba perhaps lacking a lot of energy (5) |
| INCAMERA | Like a film perhaps lacking audience (2,6) |
| DIGNITY | Mayor, perhaps, lacking a first sign of required decorum (7) |
