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I'm 48 and I remember using 1d (or it's first three letters) to mean excellent a very long time ago, I'm not sure any of my younger relatives would do so anymore but I did enjoy the clue.

Re: 10d, I think there's a more benign and less offensive interpretation of the clue than some have mentioned but it's quite difficult to explain it without giving spoilers!

Oh dear, I'll have to check with the grandkids. :(

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I guess that by ‘the younger people’ I meant your age. It’s all (very) relative!

Well I'm back after my visit to the cinema yesterday to see Hamnet. I managed to do a few more yesterday evening before exhaustion set in. I've done much of the top half, though can't parse them all. I was always the red car in Monopoly but couldn't remember the names of all the tokens, but Google helped there. I haven't got 7d and am not sure of my answer to 10d as I can't parse it.

Some hints may open up the bottom half for me. What about 23ac? Is 26ac a self-help guru? What about 22d?

My daughter has been here, but when she has gone, I will reapply my energy

Hi Roof,
23a parses 1,5,1. The word in the middle is something used for painting rather than an actual painter. There’s a discussion earlier in the thread. It’s a place in India.

26a yes; if you are like me you may not have heard of him but will almost certainly recognise the name of his most famous book, written some time ago.

22d parses 4,1 when read from bottom up. “System cleaner?” is one of Paul’s cheeky definitions.

Hope that helps!