Roof missing from club, say (5)

I believe the answer is:

utter

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'say' is the definition.
(to utter something is to say or speak it)

I can't explain the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for utter that I've seen before include "Downright" , "Dead" , "Make sounds (but not necessarily words)" , "Total < state" , "Speak, articulate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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