| IRRUPTS | Angry purist locks door at foundation or enters forcibly? (7) |
| DREADS | Locks door? Emma does after removing contents (6) |
| DOESTHESPLITS | Performs a gymnastics move requiring flexibility ... or enters answers into this puzzle's four shaded parts |
| RIPRAP | Foundation or wall made of broken stones thrown together irregularly or loosely |
| ELATED | Middlemen dead tired at the foundation or in high spirits? (6) |
| WREATH | A bank of snow; a curl of cloud or smoke; a circlet of seasonal flora and evergreen foliage hung on one's door at Christmas or set with candles to represent four weeks of Advent; or, a band of twisted |
| IRRUPT | Enter forcibly or suddenly (6) |
| BEDROCK | Solid foundation or the home of The Flintstones |
| UNDERLIE | Be the foundation or cause (8) |
| DAUBED | Applied, as foundation or powder |
| MAKEUP | Foundation or eyeliner e.g. |
| CAROLSINGER | Person who knocks at the door at Christmas? (5-6) |
| BREAKINTO | Enter forcibly, as a home |
| INVADE | Enter forcibly, as a country |
| GROUNDWORK | Foundation or preparation |
| RETINOL | Energy from tritium found in iron, rock and metal foundation or sourced in yellow and green vegetables, for example (7) |
| PRIMER | A first reading-book; an elementary introduction; a cosmetic base applied before foundation; or, a preparatory undercoat of paint (6) |
| BASIS | Foundation or cornerstone |
| BASE | A foot, keystone, pedestal, plinth etc upon which something rests, hence any foundation or support (4) |
| TORPOR | Frogs can either hibernate or enter a state of physical or mental inactivity called ___ |
