CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Spills the beans about the girl holding the money (5) High ones are fun (5) Best imaginable mother? (7)

White as an owl (5) Species of tiger, one reads (5)

It’s a lot more than little, note (5)

Stood up tall when dragged around the end of the pier (7)

Masculine pieces (3) Just a single right can be a knockout! (4) Withdraw when about to get weary (6)

An Indian instrument is wrong for Jack (5) Romantic name for a village Green (6) Punishment for being thin? (4)

Title held by Osiris (3)

It’s reasonable for a soldier to go in a pub (7) Hundreds of drops of water will seep away (5)

Blue blooded boy by another name (5)

28 Rosie’s willowy form (5) 29 Remove the ones we doubt? (4,3)

Piano for the finale? (5) She gives thanks for any change (5)

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DOWN

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It has an eye for the tourists (6)

Hat taken off if too expensive (6)

Despite the soppy exterior, a 5 6 7

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18 19 person of intelligence (3) Figures in black and blue (5) A god to swear by? (7) I’m having a morning with a holy man (4)

He may be on time for the match (6)

They aimed to spread the news (5)

Those grasping old Oriental secret societies, one imagines (5)

River (a converted sewer?) (5)

Imitate an operatic character with a tragic end (5) Staircase feature unfamiliar to the Spanish (5) Light on artificial silk (5) Spoke savagely when all tangled up (7)