Across
Retired European politician with no money in Welsh town (8)
Cultivated plot is damaged (6)
Place to keep pens? (8)
Excellent exercise in odd parts of this island capital (6)
Woman put in hotel, safely (4)
Number with posh PM no good describing good food? (10)
Chess player, one with thick skin, gets unwanted gift (5,8)
Firm shown by good person in force having good value (4,9)
Noise storm created, as it were (2,4,4)
Boyfriend in part of East London, reportedly (4)
Large university with leader of activists in African capital (6)
No fellow for mixing? (4,4)
Unknown character with poem outwardly laughs and sings (6)
Constant companion aboard big ship is one to settle things (8)
Down
Old man permits on reflection delicate shade of colour (6)
Sort of average society for resources (5)
Regret about new and old letter (4)
Derek is excited about way of working for film critic Mark (7)
Lose temper in turn about source of ludicrous proposals (5)
Connect item with a clip that's wonky (9)
Follow an estate, maybe, too closely (8)
Singer Jacques encapsulated by sombre lyrics (4)
Trick in period of time, it's said (4)
Dawn's hats replaced old piece of furniture (9)
First woman still lacking note (3)
Penny requiring help is given money for work (4)
Host key in exchanges about liberal ex-president (8)
Fighter is beginning to tighten clenched hand (4)
Writer of fantasies and seasonal song for an audience (7)
Something that protects incompetent elderly chap? (6)
Way left for person in the fashion industry (5)
Here's first road marker put up for patriarch (5)
Cut when suffering mishap (4)
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