[Gnuplot-info] "Soft" reset of plot options?

[Craig D. <def...@bo...>]

There are a lot of options that persist between plots, so that (e.g.) if I place some markup on a plot with "set arrow...", it will appear on all subsequent plots.  The "reset" command clears all that, but seems to cause problems for multiplot mode (e.g. by screwing up the automatic layout).  Is there an in-between command that clears all the labels, tics, markup, etc. without botching multiplots?
Or is it necessary to actually track which plot parameters have been set, and unset them in between plots if I don't want the options to persist?