SOLUTION TO PUZZLE 1064

Across: 1 Sabotage. 5 Spared. 10 Initial expenses. 11 Cutters. 12 Oversee. 13 Mistrust. 15 Ticks. 18 Right. 20 Deriding. 23 Despair. 25 Relieve. 26 Grave misgivings. 27 Losing. 28 Degraded.

Down: 1 Switch. 2 Bristling. 3 Trident. 4 Giles. 6 Present. 7 Rises. 8 Dispense. 9 Exporter. 14 Underlie. 16 Concerned. 17 Prodigal. 19 Trade in. 21 Deliver. 22 Leased. 24 Seals. 25 Rogue.