Chill spike ultimately following low temperatures? (6)

Independent Cryptic #12097 | 20 Across | 2025-07-17
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

Last letters (ultimately) from [chil] L [spik] E , after I C (1 degree Celsius = just above freezing) twice (low temperatures, plural). Clue-as-definition (&lit): a spike of ice created when dripping water freezes.

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