The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word EZEKIEL
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result EZEKIEL
- Book from oriental port about Zen mostly
- Book showing what’s kept in freezer
- Book mobile operator to ring unknown German place
- He forecast southern half to freeze over like crazy
- Prophet of 50% freeze at German port
- ‘Frightful’ word that is on line including last letter in book
- Final character in middle of week taken with German port is prophetic sort
- Elizabeth regularly seen with novel like old book
- Prophet finding canal after second half of freeze
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The straight part
We know that "showing what’s kept in freezer (like cooking, then?) (7)" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case showing what’s kept in freezer (like cooking, then?) (7) = ezekiel.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.