Telegraph crossword

Across

1 Mayor Whittington (4)

4 Avoid (4)

8 Well-ventilated (4)

9 Smoky mountains (9)

11 Some fruit (6)

13 Free (7)

15 Chief (6)

16 Gaped (6)

18 Is (6)

20 Second match (6)

22 With avidity (7)

23 Diluted (6)

25 In the same way (9)

26 Coil or ring (4)

27 A long time (4)

28 Consumes (4)

Down

2 Metal; press (4)

3 Put the boot to (6)

4 Vocal entertainer (6)

5 Anxious (6)

6 Using brutality (9)

7 Optical organs (4)

10 Chair of Parliament (7)

12 Low; colour (4)

13 Nuclear rays (9)

14 Written messages (7)

17 Time periods (4)

19 Old saw (6)

20 Misers (anag.) (6)

21 Make happy (6)

23 Untamed (4)

24 Apartment (4)