| SCEPTICAL | Doubtful place, it's messy and cold inside |
| SYSTEM | Some method! It's messy and has tea on it! (6) |
| FROSTY | For altering, place that's messy and cold |
| LAMBRUSCO | Italian red meat: awfully sour and cold inside (9) |
| GROTTIEST | Sitter got messy and most filthy (9) |
| POLEMICAL | Post claim - messy and argumentative! (9) |
| CLUTTERED | 'Messy and crowded', the first couple of cleaners said (9) |
| ADJECTIVE | Word that describes a den that's black inside, cold inside (9) |
| MACMILLAN | Fellow keeping a factory cold inside (9) |
| DISINFECT | Get rid of bugs in den, if it's terribly cold inside (9) |
| DESCARTES | I thought dessert a shambles (cold inside) |
| BASILICAN | Like ecclesiastical building linked with great saint, cold inside |
| ARCTICFOX | Big truck, cold inside, may puzzle polar beast (6,3) |
| LUMBERCAMP | Where woodmen stay is light brown and cold inside (6,4) |
| CHOCICE | Something to eat that's excellent and cold inside |
| NASTY | Recall article on place that's messy and unpleasant (5) |
| EXCRESCENT | Recent sex: cold, messy and unnecessary (10) |
| SYSTEMSANALYST | Nasty, messy and last (possibly) operations I scrutinise (7,7) |
| CLAMMY | Type of seafood extremely messy and unpleasantly sticky (6) |
| DISHEVELLED | Messy and disordered lives he'd led (11) |
