___-cone

Answer:

SNO

Hint:

Think of a frosty treat often enjoyed in summer that starts with a silent letter and ends with this clue's suffix.

Explanation:

This clue plays on the word "snowcone," a frozen treat made of shaved ice and syrup. The hyphen in "___-cone" hints that you're looking for the first part of the compound word, which is "sno" (a casual shortening of "snow"). It’s a straightforward fill-in-the-blank where the answer is the missing prefix before "cone.

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