Across
1 Fizzy soda with nuts is amazing (8)
5 A pig died on a boat (6)
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10 It might be spelt ‘spondulicks’ (5)
11 Bear has movement in woods and time to relax (3,6)
12 Patriotic icon to order us about (5,4)
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13 Polish off course, mostly (5)
14 Streetwise comedian has clout (4-2)
15 Having left work, nips back for delivery (3-4)
18 Case oddly taken by Oxford policeman (a literary figure) (1,1,5)
20 Browser of web finding seedy affairs lacking in France (6)
22 Greek character having seconds, imbibing moussaka with no fillings (5)
24 McKellen role: splendid wizard? Not half! Aye-aye! (7,2)
25 Sergeant-major’s lacking in cash? Get off the train! (3,6)
26 Armies of headless phantoms (5)
27 Ducks desire to be cooked (6)
28 Potent drink, wild sprees: very good (8)
Down
1 A telco hosting piece of malware, reveals MP (6)
2 Lazily dreamt I intend to get an exercise machine (9)
3 Where some papers put the crossword gets you feeling sick (5,3,7)
4 Vacuous éclat, French right taking on industrial city (7)
6 People like each other, conducting affairs — bothered? (5,2,1,7)
7 Slice of ‘pie à la mode’, US cultural touchstone (5)
8 Wanting old Chinese bigwig to suppress Apple IT (8)
9 Cope’s poem, ‘King, Before Noon, Rising’ (4,2)
16 Impressionists in times gone including Rodin? Not quite (9)
17 Reserved peer gives hostile response (3,5)
19 Therapist’s contract (6)
20 Arcana about to be accepted by religious groups (7)
21 Provided backing before a small company becomes failure (6)
23 Cold bagel idiot’s offering (5)