Cryptic Crossword 1-2

Theme: Reduplicative Words in English. Some words in English simply repeat themselves: the second part is identical with the first, pooh-pooh, or repeats the first part with a change of vowel, riff-raff, or of consonant, teeny-weeny.

Across:

7 Riffraff, rabble (def), riff (interpretation), ra (artist), ff (women)

9 Pro tem, pro (expert), temp (secretary), docked (last letter deletion), for the time being (def)

10 Stay, catch (def), some (hidden), all round (reversal), rest is fodder

11 Convention, double definition as in bargain and prescription

12 Urchin, ur (primitive), chin (twitter), monkey (def as in mischievous person)

14 Yuletide, yu (oddly you i.e., odd letters in you), le (love filleted i.e., both end letters of love), fishy (anagram of) diet, Christmastime (def)

15 Contraception, EP (record), set in (insertion), contraction (squeezing), pro-choice method (def)

17 Flimflam, shake down (def), film (flicker), around (anagram of film), flam (flame to finish off i.e., delete last letter)

19 Scythe, SC (self-contained), y (alloy) + the, grass cutter (def)

21 Handy-dandy, convenient and useful (def), hand (employee), y (unknown), dandy (boss)

22 Babe, freshman (def), BA + BE (dual degrees)

23 Flawed, bad (def), Fed (G-man), protecting (container), law (constitution)

24 Yearbook, annual (def), torture (anagram of) boy (lad) + Korea

Down:

1 Victor, titleholder (def), secretly (hidden), vi (6), c (100) rest is fodder

2 Iffy, jiffy (flash), topped (delete first letter), doubtful (def)

3 Falconer, synthetic (anagram of) corn + leaf, hawker (def as in birder)

4 Appeal, Double definition as in magic and as in suit

5 Hoity-toity, snobbish(def), it (sex appeal), entered in (insertion), hoy (today in Spanish), It (Italians), involved in (insertion), toy (sport)

6 Beholden, obliged (def), be (live), above (juxtaposition in down clue), ho (the house), L (large), den (study)

8 Fancy-schmancy, very showy (def), thrashing about (anagram of), cyan + mynahs + CFC (Freon),

13 Hand-me-down, double definition as in pre-owned and white elephant

15 Culpable, ulp (periodically i.e., alternate letters in burlap), found in (insertion), cable (rope), reprehensible (def)

16 Pussycat, kitty (def), assembled (anagram of) s (small) + pay + cuts,

18 La-di-da, L (large), Adidas (sportswear company), not quite (delete last letter), grandiose (def)

20 Hobnob, Company (def), BN (baron), invested in (insertion), resettled (anagram of) hobo,

22 Baby, latest in (last letters of) "low-carb .. candy", child (def).