| PUISSANCE | Power of Japanese car lacking roof in lurid colour |
| RETAIN | Keep wet, lacking roof in bad weather (6) |
| TANGERINE | Hot anger in evidence as they reveal lurid colour, maybe |
| CARTRIDGE | College man on top of roof in case containing gun charge (9) |
| WAREHOUSE | Major trouble with energy under one roof in storage facility (9) |
| OUTOFTUNE | Away from home regularly, month without roof in flat, perhaps? (3,2,4) |
| EMERALD | Half of scheme ignored by artist - extremely lurid colour |
| SALON | Company car lacking one bit of oomph (5) |
| CRASHBARRIER | Impetuous writer in car lacking a vehicle safety feature? (5,7) |
| LID | Hat of one in lurid extremities (3) |
| SHOCKINGPINK | Heavyweight parting long hair, lurid colour (8,4) |
| SLEAZE | Sun leaders in lurid excess always zealously expose such? (6) |
| PERPENDICULAR | Square writer in lurid caper, oddly (13) |
| GARNISH | Woman back in lurid dress (7) |
| DIALMFORMURDER | Figure in lurid dream re-created a Hitchcock movie (4,1,3,6) |
| URI | Geller? He's always found in lurid location (3) |
| CORRECTION | My building lacking roof, as it were - some amendment needed |
| ANDERSON | Man who provided shelter, with someone lacking roof |
| AIRY | Farm building lacking roof is well ventilated |
| ENGINE | Careening car lacking functioning motor? |
