CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No. 16,885

ACROSS: 1 Country club. 9 Finance. 10 Lexicon. 11 Awl. 12 Averred. 13 Overeat. 14 Rev. 15 Elemi. 17 Shoal. 18 Extra. 20 Ochre. 22 Sob. 24 Thorium. 25 Mishear. 26 Eta. 27 Thin air. 28 Overrun. 29 Tragedienne. DOWN: 1 Conservationist. 2 Unnerve. 3 Tread. 4 Yellowish. 5 Laxness. 6 Bachelor’s degree. 7 Affair. 8 Instil. 16 E-commerce. 18 Estate. 19 Ali Baba. 21 Eastern. 23 Boring. 25 Maori.