There’s a very clear theme, of course, and more details (including a cute photo) can be found by scrolling down here. The fifteensquared review of the puzzle, also mentioning the photo in the comments, is here.
ACROSS
8 SURFER; f in surer
9 UNEDITED; tide (rev.) in anag.
10 EUGENICIST; anag.
11 LEAF; lea f(lowers)
12 SHOWCASE; how c in anag.
13 RIDDLE; (g)riddle
15 NITRATE; nit rate
17 SERVICE; s(E)er vice
20 CLASPS; P in class
22 ENGINEER; in e in (mess)enger
24 GILT; ‘guilt’
26 RIDING BOOT; riding boot
27 CETACEAN; a tec (all rev.) + (0)cean
28 SILVER; cf. sliver
DOWN
1 DULUTH; dul(l) (r)uth
2 AFTERWARDS; FT er in awards
3 IRRITANT; R it in I rant
4 JUBILEE; U bile in je
5 BEATER; beat ER
6 BILL; b ill
7 METALLIC; met all I c
14 DIVING BELL; diving + bell
16 ILL-TIMED; I’ll + m in tied
18 EDGINESS; gin in seeds
19 WEDDING; we’d ding
21 SCREEN; scree n
23 ERODED; hidden
25 THAW; cf. what
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