| CAKESTAND | Madeleine's getting a bit of colour on top of the dunes putting Madeira on a pedestal (4,5) |
| CENSUS | Censured for having no colour on top-secret population poll (6) |
| FUNCHAL | Capital city and chief port of Madeira, on the southern coast (7) |
| MARINADE | Soak has drunk Madeira on tour of north (8) |
| ORANGETIP | Butterfly with splashes of colour on the outer forewings of males |
| EYESHADOW | Look at trace of colour on lid (9) |
| GORGET | From Old French for "throat", a piece of armour or part of a wimple worn to cover/protect the neck, hence a band of colour on the craw or crop of a hummingbird or other avian (6) |
| SAMARKAND | Place a sign in the dunes to identify Asian city (9) |
| SUSPENDED | Sped to the dunes where it was to be hung |
| STRIPE | "Go-faster" marking on a racing car; a band of colour on an angelfish, badger, bumblebee, tiger or zebra; or, a chevron on a military sleeve (6) |
| HOOP | Horizontal stripe of colour on a sports jersey or a jockey's skullcap; or, a band for extending a petticoat (4) |
| LUCKY | Like a chap getting a bit of a kiss in a girl's embrace (5) |
| BROLIN | Josh - - -, star of the Dune films who's also the stepson of Barbra Streisand (6) |
| ODDS | Chances of a detective sergeant getting a bit of food? (4) |
| CUTOFFWITH | Disinherit youngster when upper-class humorist, getting a bit of a laugh, came in and died(3,3,4,1,3 |
| NOODLE | London almost going mad, with prince finally getting a bit of a dish |
| THORN | Undecided about getting a bit of holly ___ it's a sharp plant (5) |
| RUSSIANS | Metamorphosis of Narcissus, lacking a bit of colour in what once were reds (8) |
| ERIN | Island getting a bit of a battering (4) |
| ELYTRON | See temperature with man getting a bit of a bug? |
