Iq 1674

[hankir]

Wordplay has an extra letter

Help with:

17. AA building with drink? Ha, you can’t have alcohol there! (8)

23. Travel across water using planes to get food from New Zealand (6)

31, Scots know about country town in the North West (6)

Thanks.

[Neveracrossword]

17 Kandahar, you can't have alcohol there. Anagram of AA, dr(i)nk +Ha.
32 Kendal, town in the north west. Ken, Scots for 'know' and 'la(n)d', country, about/reversed.

[Neveracrossword]

23 Jetski, travel across water. Jets, planes and K(a)i, food in NZ.

[hankir]

Thanks NAC.
I now have the theme and all unclueds except 1d. I can put hook after 1d and then it matches the thematic word.
The only word that fits under 30d means freezing. I do not know if it also means the thematic word.

I see one thematic name in the bottom half.
I don't know the second location. Will have to read the wiki.

[hankir]

Just got the 14 cells.

The I of title is important.

[ProfessorMaisie]

Hankir - You're right about 1d
Something else follos 'ice...' it's obscure
Look for all of the character you've found.

[hankir]

Thanks ProfessorM.
New word for me.

How does 32a parse?

[ProfessorMaisie]

'gutless' (h)[ooligan]S + H(a)RED = 'ran quickly' [avoiding ('a')] with 'h' extra.

[hankir]

Thanks ProfessorM.
Hared is too obscure for me.