No 9554, Tuesday, 09 Jun 09, Nita Jaggi

Oh boy!! its questions-questions and questions, and will be so, for next 10 days less Sunday!!
ACROSS
2  - Socialist holds the firm side of an evidence (6) - RE{CO}{R}D
7  - Said to drive away the footwear (4) - SHOE(~shoo)
9  - Sad notice for the hobbyist regularly (4) - OBIT [T]
10 - Valuable possession is destroyed at the pinwheel (5,8) - WHITE ELEPHANT*
12 - Set to praise the right ambitious person (7) - ASPIRE*{R}
13 - Root not formed in the large city (7) - TORONTO*
15 - Powder reserves for Elsie is there (4) - TALC Annotation pending
17 - Thin sheet of horizontal timber (5) - SLATS [CD] Sheet or sheets?
18 - Skill to turn the round root (4) - TAR*{O}
19 - Journal entry that an accountant wants to finish? (7) - CLOSING [CD]
21 - North, East, South-lets come together in sheltered positions (7) - {NE}{S}{TLES*}
23 - Kate and Keats together jumped outside a cab going west to assume a secondary position (4,1,4,4) - TAKE {A} {BAC<-}K SEAT*
27 - Implement to take back the stolen goods (4) - TOOL<-)
28 - Walking stick for the first-born, so it’s said (4) - CANE (~cain)
29 - Large chap conceals one fat stomach (6) - PA{UN}CH
DOWN
1  - Used the laws to destroy the garments (6) - SH{AWLS*} Where did SH come from ?
2  - Hand them, since one saint strangely remembers the past (10) - REM{I}{NISCE*}{S} Origin of REM not clear
3  - Deal successfully with the policeman in England (4) - COP{E}
4  - Shake up in an embroilment (4) - ROIL [T]
5  - Note always put up on the crop (4) - {C}OCA ? Even if thisis right I don't know how to annotate it
6  - Powerful ruler has detectives going up to the sailor holding the tax officer (8) - {DIC<-}TA{TO}R<-)
8  - Animal inside the ship podium (5) - HIPPO [T]
11 - What an adult needs to block out the noise? (3,4) - EAR PLUG [CD] Why adult?
13 - Giant, I see is very powerful (7) - TITAN{I}{C}
14 - Extend away the straight part of a racetrack (10) - {OUT}{STRETCH}
16 - Ritual to boil a nut so to crack (8) - ABLUTION*
20 - Comes closer as Sibyl’s predecessor went up over an arab (5) - NEARS Annotaion pending
22 - Level of small measure in the large text (6) - EXT{EN}T*
24 - Start off by learning the art to block the plan (4) - (-s)KILL
25 - Region found in the far East (4) - AREA [T]
26 - Eager to have Ken over at the end of June (4) - KE{E}N