Puzzles for March Edition

Crossword and puzzles by Dr. Diva

Across

    9  Popular officer, on the whole (2,7)

  10  Perfect my role as croupier? (5)

  11  Italian leader takes a little novocaine and dope (5)

  12  Surprisingly cute in hat? For real! (9)

  13  Spread contributions over graph (7)

  14  Short paper survey (7)

  17  Number of crew battle with leader with extra arm (5)

  19  Men in denial, principally about being simple (3)

  20  Almost skirt around small  internal hazards (5)

  21  "Stuff entrance!" said arena performer (7)

  22  Since coke abuse not alright, gets upset (7)

  24  Latest info/manoeuvring etc on a key French phenomenon (9)

  26  Profiting from taking drugs (5)

  28  Understandable removing internal components of little church organ (5)

  29  Not one she bothered to win (2,3,4)

Down

    1  Will object to marbles (4)

    2  Plan mature way to maintain silence (6)

    3  Essentially king starts to telephone every extend ground for United (10)

    4  When undressed, Norma admits anything amusing provides satisfaction (6)

    5  Opportunity to talk about computer operating system (8)

    6  Fellow in lounge composes long sentence (4)

    7  Highlights change after use (8)

    8  The EU, for instance, restricted building (4)

  13  500 x 500 sheets? Imagine! (5)

  15  Freely utters never-ending curse in buildings (10)

  16  Vocal supporter of Ashes (5)

  18  Summoned girl inside, detained after school (8)

  19  Overheard exhortation for clergyman to pass controller (8)

  22  Whisper about turning vessel around (6)

  23  Agreement with only child? (6)

  24  That amount of full-frontal sex usually cures haemorrhoids (4)

  25  Tense-sounding action that may result in compensation (4)

  27  Turns West, spending time without wife on leave (4)