Cryptic crossword clue
Very cold, having unfastened zip 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word FREEZING

Show related crossword clues

Buddy explains!

The straight part

We know that "Very cold" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case very cold = freezing.

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.

What does FREEZING mean?

1. Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
2. To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
3. To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
4. To be affected by extreme cold.
5. (of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).
6. (of people and other animals) To stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
7. To cause someone to become motionless.
8. To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
9. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
10. To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
11. Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.

1. The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
2. The action of numbing with anesthetics.

1. Suffering or causing frost
2. (by extension) Very cold

Latest crossword clues with full explanations

• without-a-mark-where-they-should-be-gained
• back-yard-fencing-weak-and-sagging
• stripping-off-uniform-love-holding-colonels-coat