The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 3 letter word ICE CAP
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More clues leading to the result ICE CAP
- Rice with carp, never right for a cold area
- Better diamonds to west — a polar feature
- Mountain peak I start to climb, taking step up
- One called initially to step up to create glacial mass
- From space, circling, this can be seen receding
- I see Europe limit what’s threatened by global warming
- I step back alongside cold mountain peak, perhaps?
- You’ll have to go to the ends of the earth to find this top hat
- Speed around island reflecting frozen formation
- Reportedly sees limit to Polar covering
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The straight part
We know that "frozen formation" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case frozen formation = ice cap.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.
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What does ICE CAP mean?
ICE CAP noun- An iced cappuccino.
- A permanent expanse of ice encompassing a large geographical area, e.g. in Earth's polar zones or at high elevation.
- An ice pack designed to be worn on the head.
- An iced coffee made by adding ice to a cappuccino.