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Cakes and fruit I'd served up in a sorry state (10)

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I believe the answer is:

distressed

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'cakes and fruit' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'i'd served up in a sorry state' is the wordplay.
'served up' is a reversal indicator (in a down clue, going upwards).
'in a sorry state' becomes 'stressed' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'id' written backwards gives 'di'.
'di'+'stressed'='DISTRESSED'

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(Other definitions for distressed that I've seen before include "like Samson when deprived of his strength?" , "in anguish?" , "In deep pain or sorrow" , "Upset; deliberately aged" , "Anxious" .)

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