Cutting some potatoes set out in cold winds (10)

'cold winds' is the definition.
(easterly winds)

'cutting some potatoes set out' is the wordplay.
'cutting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters cut their way into a word).
'some potatoes' becomes 'earlies' (potatoes harvested earlier than the main crop).
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'set' is an anagram of 'ste'.
'earlies' enclosing 'ste' is 'EASTERLIES'.

'in' is the link.