CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: NO. 28,438

Across

1 Nothing was converted into capital (10) 6 Most of the month’s brandy (4) 9 Precision shown by former turn, one with duet to perform (10) 10 Expert collects hard pine (4) 13 Computer peripheral, second used by baked-bean processor? (7) 15 Little room to fail in court (6) 16 Make fun of aim to have drink outside (4,2) 17 Shocking termination of sentence (11,4) 18 Trout swimming round black fish (6) 20 Initially crossed lines abroad? Shout loudly! (3,3) 21 Tall tree Edward, half-cut, carved into cross (7) 22 Amusement park needs loud music (4) 25 Picket building where prisoners are kept (10) 26 Bed contains a blanket – or fleece (4) 27 Already sat with a resort guide in a bad way (4,6)

Down

1 Tobacco plant in the wrong place (4) 2 Catch southern horse (4) 3 Perfect popular diplomacy (6) 4 Told how entering alien’s become upwardly mobile (3,2,2,3,5) 5 Lots of dogs head off (6) 7 Cleric ruined chance with Dora (10) 8 Skinflint, fellow catching European fish (10) 11 Methodical but not artistic presumably (10) 12 Harmony in a musical instrument (10) 13 Lessen a Tory’s hold on foreign politician (7) 14 Sly creature about – hurried up to cross short distance (7) 19 Holding catch over river (6) 20 He has to support firm’s blunt weapons (6) 23 Seedcase donkey’s bitten off at the end (4) 24 Particularly light? (4)