Support for trees toppling over after I departed? That’s a setback;(7)

Independent Cryptic #11720 | 8 Across | 2024-05-03
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

Support for trees toppling over after I departed? That’s a setback … ESPAL <i> ER (=support for trees, i.e. a wooden latticework; “after I departed” means letter “i” is dropped); “toppling over” indicates reversal

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