Across
Statue, for example, friend of 26 across returned (5)
Tours in France, say — plane came with parts around middle switched (5,4)
Some travel guides in his language for philosopher (9)
Savoir faire includes the writer being understood (5)
Express statements of resistance in French and English (3-4)
Caught bringing in line put out (7)
See 5
See 24
See 8
Has turned over pages, one chapter relating to poetess (7)
Author understands what 7 had in 1 (7)
Eg including this artist is superficially damaging (5)
Source of information that bears fruit (9)
One of those points of great danger heroic Frenchman's between (9)
Dance club we left, returning after band's performance (5)
Down
Pay attention to theme of this puzzle (4)
Composer and artist traversing the way from Paris to Marseilles (8)
Centre half in home game is fab (4)
Grave statements, perhaps wrong (not right) about it (8)
17a
Reformulation of René's adroit justification for existence (6,5)
Blight on the plant? This needs fencing (10)
Mathematician contributing to group as calculator (6)
20a
How 7, 11 or 26 across might have announced his resignation? (4,2,3)
Uncovered figures like 14 in hundreds — every second (5)
Heartless old Tory interrupting man who repairs sculpture (3,7)
Drives without a third and second gear (5)
Graphic artist who often shows latitude at work? (8)
Compete over parts in theatre — one gets them in shows (8)
Kind of speech I had given shortly after power drink (6)
28d
5 17 for 11? (6,4,3)
Part of friendship that meant nothing to 7, 11, or 26 (4)
See 24
Weapon European repeatedly used, seizing power (4)
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