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Dylan,
for 8a you need a four-letter word for 'ardent' followed by a two-letter abbreviation. This gives three letters in cell 10. 10d is an eight-letter word for 'common'.

A fine puzzle, all done apart from two I cannot fully parse:

10dn - first word is definition, then 'each' = 'every', but how does the rest work?
31dn - last two words ae definition, 'badger up' = 'gan', but what's the large bird?

rukh is another name for the roc (large bird)

10d. each year = ea + y, awfully = very & deserted =d.

Thank you both. These things are always obvious when they're explained but not before.

A couple of other things. Surely 2dn is to the west of Austria. And is there some hidden significance to 'stuff' in the title?

Looks N of Austria to me:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bavaria,+Germany/@48.8956655,9.1653288,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x479f044c0fdf53a9:0x11d25a409387960!8m2!3d48.7904472!4d11.4978895

Lovely puzzle from a first-rate setter ….and my second favourite composer!
If any of you haven't tried him, I'd highly recommend as a way in the 1st, 2nd and 5th symphonies but as with a lot of classical music, three or four hearings might be needed before with luck, you'll be rewarded with life-enhancing, glorious melodies.

ionacarr, I think the title has the purported meaning 'JEAN is (a type of) material'. I love the composer too, saw an interesting performance of the violin concerto last month.

Oh so near, yet so far. Have the 11 letters, 10 of the themed items and have ground to a halt on the last corner (39D + 44A). Have all possible letters, know that if everything else is right the intersection contains the 11th and, that's it. Stuck. Looked through the remaining possibilities among the works too. So any assistance/guidance most gratefully received.