Irish Mail On Sunday

[Crosswordk]

No 18 across - a tad cold - 5 words 1, 3, 2, 3 and three letters. Fourth word is the.

No 23 across - fiersly cold - 8 letters ??????a?

[Mamyalynne]

A nip in the air

[dannyk13]

A nip in the air

[JJ109]

A nip in the air (seen as)

[dannyk13]

23a/Siberian?

[Crosswordk]

Thank you all

[Crosswordk]

I'm back again with the last two clues.
No 27 across fair or mild - 8 letters ??e????

No 25 down - cold spot, 5.5 yards and rounded shafts - 4 letters ???e

[JJ109]

25d POLE

[ubasses]

18 only 7 spaces showing Clement?

[dannyk13]

25d.Pole ( five and a half yards = one rod pole or perch)

[JJ109]

+ cold spots + rounded shafts

[Crosswordk]

That was a typo on my behalf 27 is 8 letters. I think it's moderate.

[ubasses]

agree if the extra letter is at the beginning.

[Crosswordk]

Thanks everyone for all your help in 2017. Happy New Year to you all.