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Last three driving me mad!
1a Close to tears, milliner greatly upset(7)
s?a?t?r - shatter? why

28d Gathering, following complaint(4)
?e?f - beef which can mean complaint but gathering?

49a Knowing tramp's got miles away (4)
a?c? arch???
Any help/explanations greatly received

Close to tears s(end of word)milliners - hatters

Gathering is Bee, like seing bee or spelling bee with f for following

49a Knowing tramp's got miles away (4)
a?c? arch???

(m)arch

Sorry that should be sewing bee.

Thank you all. Glad I was at least on the right lines. Actually now think 49a was quite a clever clue!

Thank you, SallyW.
28D was our last clue. We had several possible answers but could not justify any of them.
Also, we were not certain of 1A and your explanation helped