Carves out of iciness (7)
I believe the answer is:
incises
'carves' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'out of iciness' is the wordplay.
'out of' indicates an anagram.
'iciness' with letters rearranged gives 'INCISES'.
(Another definition for incises that I've seen is " Cuts".)
I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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