Give the cold shoulder, with "out"

The answer to “Give the cold shoulder, with "out"” in the New York Times crossword is ICE — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on February 1, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 55-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Give the cold shoulder, with "out"” answer

ICE (3 letters)

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Why the answer is ICE

ICE is the 3-letter solution that fits "Give the cold shoulder, with "out"" in the NYT Crossword crossword on February 1, 2026 (55-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does ICE mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of ICE is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Give the cold shoulder, with "out"” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

February 1, 2026 (most recent) → ICE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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