The Clue
Italian refreshments (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ICES
Tags
Notes
The answer ICES is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
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Chills
Clinches
Desserts
Freezes
Frosts
Sherbets
Assures victory
Boardwalk purchases
Boardwalk treats
Bumps off
Chills the bubbly
Clinches, as a victory
Cold confections
Cold desserts
Cold treats
Cool desserts
Cooling treats
Cools down
Ensures, slangily
Frozen desserts
Frozen treats
Nails down
Overshoots the puck
Puts away
Puts frosting on
Puts in reserve
Readies champagne
Secures, informally
Sherbets' kin
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Summer treats
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Definition
ICE as a noun:
1. (ice, water ice) = water frozen in the solid state; "Americans like ice in their drinks"
2. the frozen part of a body of water
3. (ice, sparkler) = diamonds; "look at the ice on that dame!"
4. (frosting, icing, ice) = a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
5. (ice, frappe) = a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
6. (methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash) = an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
7. (internal-combustion engine, ICE) = a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine
8. (ice rink, ice-skating rink, ice) = a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating; "the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice"
ICE as a verb:
1. (frost, ice) = decorate with frosting; "frost a cake"
2. put ice on or put on ice; "Ice your sprained limbs"