Puzzle of the iceman

Puzzle

Every blank is to be filled with a word ending in i-c-e.

At the time of the summer ____, the iceman, whom no one should accuse of ____ or ____, put up a ____ at an ____ in his ____, put the effect that with ____ toward none he would give good ____ to all, without ____ or ____.

Accordingly, he supplied the politician with ____, the lawyer with ____, the doctor with a ____, the judge with ____, the builder with a ____ and a ____, the gambler and his ____ in their den of ____ with ____ , the bridal party with ____ , the clergyman with a ____ , the cat with ____, the drinker with ____, the geologist with ____, the woodman with a ____, the sailor with a ____, the dentist with a ____, the dressmaker with a ____, and no one with the ____.

But in spite of all his efforts to supply ice to ____, some people objected so strongly to his ____, that they applied to the ____ for ____ regarding a ____, by which they might either push him into a ____ or over a ____!

Puzzle Summary

Fill in the blanks with words ending in i-c-e.

Answer

References

• Loyd, Sam [1914]. in Loyd, Sam, Jr.: Sam Loyd's Cyclopedia of 5000 Puzzles Tricks and Conundrums (in English). New York: Lamb Publishing company, page 8.