The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ICECAPS
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More clues leading to the result ICECAPS
- Cold areas? One cold area turning up here
- They cover Poles in charge of room facing north
- Room 101 all about wet blankets
- Room 101’s about coverage of Poles
- Area cold, one to the west, showing frozen extremities
- Room 101 returns, suggesting objects being eliminated from the world
- Very cold types in top positions
- Cool heads being lost at the polls, we hear?
- Pole's coverings, where I see paces going haywire
- Room #100 and #1 rejected — they are extremely cold
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The straight part
We know that "They cover Poles" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case they cover poles = icecaps.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ICECAPS mean?
ICECAPS 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.
- 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.