I struggled to parse a number of clues here, even though they were perfectly fair: thus, I didn’t know the connection between STAG and Mansfield Town (yet the football connection was perfectly signposted with the word “back”); “EBAUCH” was a new one on me (even though I live in France!); the penny didn’t drop as regards “ONO” in 2d, where I was looking for a way to somehow justify the loss of the letter “v” from GO(V); and 3d was another where I just couldn’t see how the solution was arrived at.

Incidentally, Uncle Yap you haven’t given the parsing of 29a (which is Ins of ATOM= small matter in ANY =some.

My CODs were PILFERAGE and UNIFORM.

There is also a small typo I think (maybe a subliminal slip?) in your intro where you refer to this as a “prized puzzle” – Hypnos will be delighted by this I’m sure, and I can’t help but agree actually – it really is very entertaining, and I look forward greatly to the next one from this Setter.