Turned a limb to ice (6)

I believe the answer is:

gelato

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'ice' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'turned a limb to' is the wordplay.
'turned' is a reversal indicator.
'limb' becomes 'leg' (leg is a kind of limb).
'a'+'leg'='aleg'
'aleg' in reverse letter order is 'gela'.
'gela'+'to'='GELATO'

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(Other definitions for gelato that I've seen before include "Frozen food" , "Italian-style ice cream" , "Italian ice cream" , "treat in Milan?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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