CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Getting vaccinated could prove to be a real pick-me-up (1,4,2,3,3)

10 Is about to get away, taking a fixed course (5)

11 Audience for the first dramatic work was in a theatre (9)

12 Second terminals built up without a group of travelling players (9)

13 An artist started to draw one round on set (5)

14 Brother, say, gets into places with some Spanish friends (7)

16 Mundane characters took part in a later renewal (7)

18 Turns up with some soldiers in a royal house (7)

20 Gets to follow on, and consults someone else (5,2)

21 Does a rascal regret having to go back inside? (5)

23 Hot on new trail prepared for an endurance event (9)

25 Shoot in vacant theatre may begin to bear fruit (9)

26 Was she left out of natural things? (5)

27 Was it love at first sight for one to come across an equal? (4,4,5)

Down

2 Urge one on, in the end, to let go (5)

3 Has to many routines, at some stage, so gets upset (9)

4 Affect a reporter's introductory words (7)

5 A model managed to get a seat in a van (7)

6 In springtime, the runners are in clear air (5)

7 Get some drinks in, up to a point, in circular form (9)

8 Be ready to take off, right at the start ... (4,3,4,2)

9 ... and being very persuasive, get to do what you want (3,4,3,3)

15 That's germane when about to build up a collection of wild animals (9)

17 Hope needed to compose a fictitious land of historical romance (9)

19 Is about to exercise to prepare for a new career (7)

20 At one time, roles get reversed for some hard workers (7)

22 Find a word in the dictionary for setting in order (5)

24 Left to cry over one in a capital 11 across (5)