Telegraph crossword

Across

1 Masticate (4)

4 Leg joint (4) 8 Scorch (4) 9 Napoleon__ (9) 11 Obsession (4-2) 13 Less drunk (7) 15 Tableaux (6)

16 Lay waste to (6) 18 Soviet country (6) 20 Poor city quarter (6) 22 Sidetrack (7) 23 Screen; sieve (6) 25 By the same token (9)

26 Eject (4) 27 Stains (4) 28 Nervous (4)

Down

2 Claw, catch (4)

3 A gun, e.g. (6) 4 Scoundrels (6) 5 Any one of two (6) 6 Cool stars (3,6) 7 Harvest (4) 10 Otalgia (7) 12 Drug addict (4) 13 Unconscious (9) 14 Also; in any case (7) 17 Greek god of love (4) 19 Dismissively (6)

20 Bits of rice (6) 21 Get away (6) 23 Whip; sell (4) 24 Rubber stopper (4)