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7 results for ICEBREAKER from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat Sep 18, 2021	49A	Start of many a party	Ryan McCarty
Fri Sep 27, 2019	46A	It gets the party started	Jack Mowat
Tue Sep 16, 2008	29D	Party warmer-upper	Michael Langwald
Wed Mar 22, 2006	17A	Conversation starter, maybe (2)	Jim Hyres
Fri Aug 26, 2005	54A	Tension easer	Joe DiPietro
Thu Oct 16, 2003	27D	Arctic vessel	Elizabeth C. Gorski
Wed Apr 17, 1996	4D	Conversation starter, maybe (2)	F. Heaney

1 result for ICEBREAKER from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Apr 24, 2022	Acrostic	B	Introductory social activity	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

9 results for ICEBREAKER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Oct 27, 1992	17A	Opening action removing tension	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Sat Nov 10, 1979	30D	This gets the party going	C. J. Angio	Maleska
Thu Jan 16, 1975	16A	Arctic ship	A. J. Santora	Weng
Sat Sep 14, 1963	30D	Ship of the Far North.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Nov 12, 1962	59A	Ship of a sort.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Aug 18, 1958	3D	U. S. S. Glacier, for example.	Madeline Corse	Farrar
Wed May 14, 1958	6D	Arctic vessel.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Tue Apr 3, 1956	38A	Kind of ship 16 Across is.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Mon Oct 25, 1954	17A	Ship in Arctic waters.	M. S. Manning	Farrar

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