Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: - 1 Divested. 5 Recoil. 10 Exchange letters. 11 Sillier. 12 Travail. 13 Barnacle. 15 Trams. 18 Tiers. 20 Misusage. 23 Popular. 25 Smaller. 26 Exercise the mind. 27 Sheets. 28 Together.

Down: - 1 Dressy. 2 Vacillate. 3 Station. 4 Eager. 6 Extract. 7 Omega. 8 Listless. 9 Slithers. 14 Compress. 16 Angel-fish. 17 Stoppers. 19 Solicit. 21 Siamese. 22 Trader. 24 Piece. 25 Set-to.