Maybe Cinderella at end of stage is mostly cold and deserted (9)

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

STEP (stage = one part of a longer process) + CHIL [l] (catch a chill = catch a cold, as in the common cold virus) + D (abbreviation for deserted). Pantomime character oppressed by her stepmother and stepsisters.