Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ICEMEN

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What does ICEMEN mean?

ICEMEN noun
  1. A person who trades in ice.
  2. A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers.
  3. An assassin.
  4. One who is cool under pressure.
  5. A man in attendance at a frozen pond where skating etc. is going on.

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