How do I solve 24 across in Times Cryptic 29556?

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24 across reads "Hollow stick, one where it’s icy?" (3,4 letters); the answer is SKI POLE. It's a cryptic definition: the whole clue is a playful or punny description of the answer. No wordplay decomposition to do — read laterally and identify what's being described. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

Hollow stick, one where it’s icy? (3,4)

24A — Hollow stick, one where it’s icy? (3,4) — SKI POLE