No 13033, Saturday 05 Sep 2020, Afterdark

ACROSS
1   Futuristic robots head could be designed with Orange, perhaps (6,5) CITRUS FRUIT {FUTURISTIC+Robots*}
9   As reactions get wild, taking time out to leave (7) ARSENIC {REACtIoNS*}
10 Precious spirit, litre gone inside (7) DARLING {DAR{L}ING}
11 Terrible prose by impostor (5) POSER {PROSE*}
12 She rows a boat from Oman, skirting terrible wars by shore of ocean (9) OARSWOMAN {O{WARS*}{Ocean}MAN}
13 Perhaps someone from Muscat is found in room animated (5) OMANI (T)
15 Roadwork at around beginning of winter, about to get top heating device (9) STOPWATCH {ST}{OP}{Winter}{AT}{C}{Heating}
18 Sri Lanka on zero, England on top, royal massacre (9) SLAUGHTER {SL}{AUGHT}{E}{Royal}
21 Tango with Henry, funny play (5) THRUM {T}{H}{RUM}
22 If rifle’s fired, echo s interrupting insects (9) FIREFLIES {IF+RIFLES*} around {E}
24 Probe in Delhi, have heard high might fall (5)  DELVE {DELhi}{'VE}
26 About time people return to the place they started from (7) RETRACE {RE}{T}{RACE}
27 Perhaps it’s a police system to go slowly and bring in (7) DRAGNET {DRAG}{NET}
28 Store revamped to stock electronic range of instrument (11) STEREOSCOPE {STORE*} around {E}+{SCOPE} 

DOWN
1   Advocates at Supreme Court overact, twisting points, ignoring time (9) CHAMPIONS {Court}{HAM}{POINtS*}
2   At the end government demands duties (5) TASKS {governmenT}{ASKS}
3   Making uncomfortable, running off to gather energy and velocity (9) UNNERVING {RUNNING+E+V*}
4   Agents get fine cast (7) FACTORS {F}{ACTORS}
5   French one dead? So suffer (7) UNDERGO {UN}{D}{ERGO}
6   Cast seen in sixth row? Six missing (5) THROW {sixTH}{ROW} 
7   Maybe Marlon Brando seen on screen; direction by Tarantino, to begin with actor is disheartened (8) FILMSTAR {FILM}{S}{Tarantino}{ActoR} 
8   Once more losing heart to be inconsistent... (4) AGIN? AGIN {AGaIN} See comments
14 ...eagerness, clarity affected, falling behind midway (8) ALACRITY {wAy}{CLARITY*}
16 Hit hard, wounded husband leaves to be nursed by wives and retires (9) WITHDRAWS {W{hIT+HARD*}WS} Wives=WWS or WW?
17 Digital defect in ohmmeter, to be repaired around one (9) HAMMERTOE {OHMMETER*} around {A}
19 Maestri remember staying in a boat (7) TRIREME (T)

20 Again team is collecting uniform that’s surplus (7 RESIDUE {RE}{SID{U}E}
22 Crossing the peaks of Fuji, Odzunu’s resting delighted (4) FORD(Acrostic)
23 Apartments full? It’s empty, so take time (5) FLATS {FulL}{A{T}S}
25 Line got cut in speech (5) LINGO {LINe}{GOt}

Reference List

Time=T, Out=O, Litre=L, Road=St, Work=Op, Sri Lanka=SL, England=E, Tango=T, Henry=H, About=Re, Electronic=E

Energy=E, Velocity=V,  Fine=F, French One=Un, Dead=D, So=Ergo, Direction=S, Husband=H, One=A, Again=Re, Uniform=U

Colour/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word,  Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Opposite indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous