The Sunday Crossword No 3083, Sunday 19 Jan 2020

ACROSS
1   Fizzy soda with nuts is amazing (8) ASTOUNDS*
5   A pig died on a boat (6) ABOARD {A}{BOAR}{D}
10 It might be spelt ‘spondulicks’ (5) BREAD [DD]
11 Bear has movement in woods and time to relax (3,6) TEA BREAKS {TEA{BEAR*}KS}
12 Patriotic icon to order us about (5,4) TUDOR ROSE*

13 Polish off course, mostly (5) SCOUR COURSe*
14 Streetwise comedian has clout (4-2) WITH-IT {WIT}{HIT}
15 Having left work, nips back for delivery (3-4) OFF-SPIN {OFF}{NIPS<=}
18 Case oddly taken by Oxford policeman (a literary figure) (1,1,5) C S LEWIS {CaSe}{LEWIS}
20 Browser of web finding seedy affairs lacking in France (6) SAFARI AFfAIRS*
22 Greek character having seconds, imbibing moussaka with no fillings (5) SIGMA {S}{Im...nG}{Mo...kA}
24 McKellen role: splendid wizard? Not half! Aye-aye! (7,2) RICHARD II {RICH}{wizARD}{II}
25 Sergeant-major’s lacking in cash? Get off the train! (3,6) ALL CHANGE {smALL CHANGE}
26 Armies of headless phantoms (5) HOSTS gHOSTS
27 Ducks desire to be cooked (6) EIDERS*
28 Potent drink, wild sprees: very good (8) ESPRESSO {SPREES}*{SO}

DOWN
1   A telco hosting piece of malware, reveals MP (6) ABBOTT {A}{BT} over {BOT}
2   Lazily dreamt I intend to get an exercise machine (9) TREADMILL {DREAMT}*{I'LL}
3   Where some papers put the crossword gets you feeling sick (5,3,7) UNDER THE WEATHER [DD]
4   Vacuous éclat, French right taking on industrial city (7) DETROIT  {D{Ec.aT}ROIT}
6   People like each other, conducting affairs — bothered? (5,2,1,7) BIRDS OF A FEATHER*
7   Slice of ‘pie à la mode’, US cultural touchstone (5) ALAMO [T]
8   Wanting old Chinese bigwig to suppress Apple IT (8) DESIRING {DE{SIRI}NG}
9   Cope’s poem, ‘King, Before Noon, Rising’ (4,2) MAKE DO {ODE}{K}{AM}<=
16 Impressionists in times gone including Rodin? Not quite (9) PARODISTS {PA{RODIn}STS}
17 Reserved peer gives hostile response (3,5) ICY STARE {ICY}{STARE}
19 Therapist’s contract (6) SHRINK [DD]
20 Arcana about to be accepted by religious groups (7) SECRETS {SEC{RE}TS}
21 Provided backing before a small company becomes failure (6) FIASCO {IF<=}{A}{S}{CO}
23 Cold bagel idiot’s offering (5) GELID [T]

Reference List
Died = D, France = F, Seconds = S, King = K, About = RE, Small = S, Company = CO