No 9532, Thursday, 14 May 09, Nita Jaggi

Terrible clues today. Hopefully the last in this series... too many grey areas today . Missing out on 32A and 4D, 6D . (Some corrections done with help from the Orkut community)
ACROSS
1 - High-ranking official? (7) COMMDRE ? (Correction - TOPMOST)
5 - A quiet nymph (6) - {A}{P}SARA
10 - Father turns the fabric covering the left design (8) - AP<-P{L}IQUE
11 - Cuts off the nuggets (6) - PIECES ? (Correction - BLOCKS [DD])
13 - Abandon the gatehouse (4) - SHED [DD]
14 - Supervise the horseman around the house to salute back (4,4,2) - {RIDE {H}{E}R}{D ON<-} ?
16 - Jumped up a net for the seed (6) - PEANUT*
18 - The initial excitement, leaving each girl around noticing curios ethnic and attractive in appearance (8) - ELEGANCE
21 - Wrap up the black game in the white matter (8) - CERE{B}RUM
22 - Entertainer of his age gets disturbed (6) - GEISHA *
25 - One more notice is set into a lid (10) - {AD}DITIONAL*
27 - Handle the large bundle, overheard (4) - BAIL (~bale)
30 - Reported the big group of performers (6) - TROUPE (~troop)
31 - One mark provided at the end of the day to recognise (8) - {I}{DENT}IF{Y}
32 - Coffin nail in the cold vehicle (6) - REEFER Anno ?
33 - At home, to greet the characters of the whole unit (7) - {IN}{TEGER*}
DOWN
2 - Supernatural creature in a group heist (5) - OUPHE [T]
3 - Principal pipe (4) - MAIN [DD]
4 - By the way, trap the princess in the empty room (6) - (Addendum - {ST}{U}{DI}{O} Defining just a room as Studio is a little far fetched)
6 - Plant is soft, is covered by rubber (5) - (Addendum - PULSE)
7 - A council head is the chief for ten to change the direction of events (9) - A{C}CID{ENT*}{S}
8 - Not being there for rating half the Senate on the borders of Chile (7) - {AB}{SEN(-ate)}{C(-hil)E}
9 - Roughly puts out the sauce (6) - CA{TSUP*}
12 - The French, almost all on Tuesday have taken some action (5) - {DE}{AL(-l)}{T}
15 - Leading businessman uses logs burning the light source (4) - BULB [T]
17 - Position of the rare dome surrounding the circular landing place (9) - AER{O}DROME*
19 - Odd girl very boring and sad (4) - {G}{R}{E}{Y}
20 - Wrestlers in the erstwhile Soviet Union have a short on Saturday (5) - SUMO{S}
21 - King is in to talk about the monarch getting a special privilege (7) - CHA{R}TER
23 - Mixtures found in the small oysters (6) - ALLOYS
24 - New venture for the lady (6) - MAIDEN [DD]
26 - Poet to wear an oriental sun hat (5) - TOPE*{E}
28 - A price increase that has come into force (5) - A{RISE}
29 - About the church on a single occasion (4) - ON{CE}