Across
Plums and biscuits (8)
European province in movement making quick progress (6)
Close pub or inn that's dodgy — funny thing found in the kitchen? (8,5)
Forceful companion, weak-looking on the outside (6)
Book produced by original man, great chronicler (4,4)
Polish soldiers, excellent chaps beginning to train (10)
Gardener about to retreat at back of house (4)
Nuts only 40% chewed (4)
Delivery is badly organised, showing contempt (10)
Notice in quarrels some piercing objects (8)
A maiden for speaking without sense of what is right (6)
Occurrence at Wimbledon featured in best-seller, unusually stylish writing (6,7)
Try to make a date with a spy on the phone (3,3)
Key period of abstinence limiting superior food (8)
Down
Switch needs hammering in cylinder, briefly (7)
Like many a soldier or prisoner given words to say (11)
Girl climbing tree with boy finally following (5)
Rescue brute, grabbing tail finally (7)
Famous Frenchman showing some maps of his country (9)
Artificial language of emperor dismissing king (3)
Evil girl without a date (4,3)
I have labour reallocated in terms of how folk go about things (11)
Bequest now met with excitement after death? (9)
"Bugs" in garment in water rising to the surface (7)
Decide to get puzzle out again (7)
Amelia is one admitting love affair (7)
Vehicle in frozen region caught out (5)
Small room for game (3)
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