No 9589, Monday, 20 Jul 09, Nita Jaggi

1A is the limit!!! NJ has really gone overboard today
ACROSS
 1 - Fluffy creatures getting naked, as in a festival held annually (5,8) - SHEEP SHEARING [CD]
 8 - Player is the man at the end, determined to play without Edward (9) - {N}ETMINDER(-ed)*
 9 - Group of people are at the entrance of an organisation (5) - LOBBY [DD]
10 - Outgrowths mostly are the one’s initially troubling all swimmers (7) - {AR(-e)}{IS}{T}{A}{S}
12 - Emblem is in the box he addressed (6) - OXHEAD [T]
14 - Whip on the hanger (5) - STROP [CD]
16 - Mountaineer leaving the rope regularly on the trees (4) - SHEA(-r) why regularly? (Correction - SHE(-r-p)A - see Ramya's comments)
19 - Give full particulars of the area to the audience (4) - SITE Anno pending (Addendum - SITE(~cite) - Thanks to Bhargav)
20 - Somehow the seat for a doctor is empty before time on the ship (9) - STE{A}{MB}{O}A*{T}
21 - Six yards of material arrive in South Island (4) - S{AR}I
22 - Rise to cross the master (4) - SIRE*
25 - Article to remain on the moon (5) - {THE}{BE}
27 - Tension one would undergo during an exam? (6) - STRESS [CD]
29 - A long exciting journey (7) - ODYSSEY [CD]
32 - Ahead of the firing line (5) - FRONT [DD]
33 - They do this to the prospective candidates (9) - SHORTLIST [CD]
34 - Large mammal is in the tangent area it built (5,8) - GIANT ANTEATER*
DOWN
 2 - He left in to change the emergency number (7) - HOT{L}INE*
 3 - Journalist is in charge to mostly take a command (5) - {ED}{IC}{T(-o)}
 4 - Annoyer is unhappy at first (6) - {SAD}{IST}
 5 - Initially lacking desire to get an income (4) - (-y)EARN
 6 - Calm down the race when ten are taken in place of one hundred and fifty (5) - RELAX(-y+x)
 7 - The Rock territory (9) - GIBRALTAR [CD]
 8 - Comes closer to a partnership holding each royal leader (5) - N{EA}{R}S
11 - Features of a suspect strangely without you (7) - ASPECTS(-u)*
12 - Go against the headless cop to set before the leader of the Democrats (7) - (-c)OP{POSE}{D}
13 - They are the ones to throw a party! (5) - HOSTS [CD]
15 - Marie to design the fabric (5) - RAMIE*
17 - It may be laid in front of the fireplace (6,3) - HEARTH RUG [CD]
18 - Aides are thrown out of the way (5) - ASIDE*
23 - Motivate playing with an Oxford dreamer (7) - INSPIRE Anno pending (Addendum - INSPIRE [DD] - See Anokha's comments)
24 - Leaders eagerly giving youths physical training in the country (5) - {E}{G}{Y}{P}{T}
26 - Retire gracefully from a boxing match around Ohio on Wednesday (3,3) - B{O}{W} OUT
28 - South Africa train regularly has an evil spirit (5) - {SA}{T}{A}{N}
30 - Initially young adults try relaxing after a holy pilgrimage (5) - {Y}{A}[T}{R}{A}
31 - A quiet active girl (4) - {A}{SH}{A}