CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No. 16,954

ACROSS: 1 Railcard. 5 Gratis. 9 Identify. 10 Tugrik. 12 Iota. 13 Far and away. 15 Counterattack. 19 Round the clock. 23 Get a move on. 25 Snob. 28 Needle. 29 Penumbra. 30 Lustre. 31 Damnable.

DOWN: 1 Raisin. 2 Inept. 3 Cite. 4 Refract. 6 Round. 7 Throwback. 8 Sukiyaki. 11 Pair. 14 Fund. 15 Countless. 16 Eye. 17 Trot. 18 Original. 20 Hive. 21 Cholera. 22 Ablaze. 24 Molar. 26 Nabob. 27 Ruin.