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Measures taken about a girl's convicts (9)

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'convicts' is the definition.
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'measures taken about a girl's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'measures' could be 'ds' (D is an example) and 'ds' is found in the answer.
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is found in the answer.
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