| COMEINFROMTHECOLD | Enter house in winter and gain acceptance after period of isolation (4,2,4,3,4) |
| THECOLD | Enter house in winter and gain acceptance after period of isolation (4,2,4,3,4) |
| COMEINFROM | Enter house in winter and gain acceptance after period of isolation (4,2,4,3,4) |
| KEYS | Means to enter house in the Isle of Man (4) |
| COME | (& 25-across) Enter via the first-class old connections and gain acceptance (4,2,4,3,4) |
| REVERSECYCLEAIR | One way to warm your house in winter (7,5,3,12) |
| CONDITIONING | One way to warm your house in winter (7,5,3,12) |
| TOPCOATS | Going to Pat's house in winter clothes |
| HEATRISES | Why upstairs is warmer in winter, and a hint to the placement of the pepper varieties in this puzzle |
| QUARANTINE | A period of isolation or detention, especially of persons or animals arriving from abroad, to prevent the spread of disease |
| EASTERSUNDAY | Last time relative of Daisy has day of rest after period of abstinence (6,6) |
| ICEUP | What roads do in winter - and some nice uplands (3,2) |
| GIBNEY | New Zealand-born actress known for her roles in Winter and Wanted, Rebecca - (6) |
| ADAPTATIONS | A wood frog's ability to freeze itself in winter and an octopus's ability to change color, for two |
| EASTER | Alien swallows arsenic in hospital after period of abstinence (6) |
| RESTRICTED | Limited form of credit after period of unemployment (10) |
| BAGPIPER | One controls issue of notes after period of inflation |
| BOUNCE | Improvement after period of decline in spring (6) |
| SHIFTILY | First person left yard after period of work in a guilty fashion (8) |
| ADULTERATE | After period of maturity, fruit and cheese finally rot (10) |
