| DEADOF | (& 9-across) Fluff up fat eiderdown for the coldest time of year (4,2,6) |
| WINTERTIDE | Coldest time of the year |
| MIDWINTER | Coldest time, often |
| ABSOLUTEZERO | The coldest spot in the A-Z? (8,4) |
| DUCK | Eiderdown, the down feathers of the common eider -- which is a type of this bird -- are used in some quilts and pillows. In Pericles (act 3, prologue) is the following reference: "...the grisly north |
| ARCTIC | One of the five oceans of the world - and one of the coldest |
| PIGEONS | These birds (about 250 known species) occur worldwide except in the coldest regions and the most remote islands. They all strut about with a characteristic bobbing of the head. In The Merchant of Veni |
| OVERWINTERS | Enables an othenNise tender plant to survive from the start of the coldest period of the year, at least until growth resumes again in spring (11) |
| COLDFEET | Chopped up fat cod and eel without a sign of hesitation (4,4) |
| ANTARCTIC | Containing around 90 per cent of all of the ice on Earth, the coldest, driest, windiest, southern-most continent (9) |
| HILARY | - of Poitiers; saint whose feast day falls on January 13, the coldest day of the year according to folklore (6) |
| WINTERY | Characteristic of the coldest season of the year (7) |
| ISOCRYME | Contour line of equal temperature during the coldest period of a year (8) |
| CHILLIEST | The sick one in the chest is the coldest (9) |
| WINTER | Wife visits Bury in the coldest season of the year (6) |
| MOSELLE | Variety of white wine produced in some of the coldest climates used for commercial winemaking (7) |
| SUBARCTIC | Concerning the region adjacent to the coldest in the northern hemisphere (9) |
| SPRINKLER | Bed-wetter laundering the ends of pink polyester eiderdown with Persil |
| AGEBRACKETS | Birth to 2-year-old & 9+-year-old groups look to be excluded from these (3-8) |
| AFTERWARD | Subsequently tidied up fat drawer (9) |
