Woman’s Day (New Zealand)

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. Hands a draft out firmly and securely (4,3,4) 9. Helpful person moves doormats again (4,9) 10. Profession­al sat for photograph, as suggested (8) 12. Horrible child’s first big rodent (4) 14. Tree from Colorado ski resort (5) 15. Pair up for sporting game (5) 19. For a new curly hairstyle (4) 20. Poor Abe still in middle of old Parisian prison (8) 22. Jokey priggery moves to trickery (7-6) 24. Liking or preference to slope (11)

DOWN

2. Trouble in middle of meadows (3) 3. Find Sid turning on lid (8) 4. Less sensitive than one, or two, for example (6) 5. Fought, we hear, at fortified building (4) 6. Relating to comedy – its racial again (9) 7. Amazed at a grape, not right (5) 8. Come together, when held up in retinue (5) 11. Female hormone changes toes on actor Seth (9) 13. Final mail heard at RSAs across the country (4,4) 16. Paterson’s guitar-like instrument? (5) 17. American yonder, seen in middle of deep gorge (6) 18. Artist Mr Done, and you, in African country (5) 21. Remedy, we hear, part of foot (4) 23. The self to go from East (3)

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