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greengage, 7 is part of set A, and the wordplay is a 7 letter word for "set off" minus its first and last letters

Thanks gitto, I'm enjoying the full 'duh' experience!

gitto, 18a starts with the obvious abbrev (although it would seem to disrupt 1d it really does belong there).
The American slang is common enough - but usually in a different context.

Nearly all done now. The only outstanding part of this puzzle for me is identifying the work by 1d referred to by the last four in set D. Set C is very clever in my opinion.

A good challenge but one feels less than satisfied when there is no need to show that all has been sussed.

I think it's nigh on impossible to find if you look specifically at 1d (it wasn't in the long list I waded through) and the clue to it isn't that helpful if you don't already know it. However, the other obvious wiki route pays off pretty quickly.

Found it!!!

Pretty much there - and agree that its worth working out D, and shame that submission doesnt require it.

Would appreciate some help in parsing 28a and 27d though pls

andyp, 28a wordplay 3 + 3 with an extra letter in the last 3 which are reversed, 27d 9 letter locals with 4 letter bank removed.

of course - thanks gitto!