THC-crossword thread-6; 4 ans PP till 4 pm IST

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
1 Cracked jokes about President in capital (6) SKOPJE
4 Places to look for a word, perhaps (8) CHAMBERS
9 Reverberation among three chords (2-4) RE-ECHO
10 Appeal for admission (8) ENTRANCE
12 I rave about our arrangement for so long (2,6) AU REVOIR
13 Another phrase for an angel (6) SERAPH
15 Getting her in trouble for pacifying the baby (8,4) TEETHING RING
18 Control panels replace tables (12) SWITCHBOARDS
21 Conforms to a day suitable for school (6) ADAPTS
22 Adding fibre to food with flourish (8) BRANDISH
24 “Cut risk and monopolize” — said a bore (8)HEDGEHOG
25 A spruce outside university courtyard (6) A TRI(U)M
26 Bird wants me to play around centre court (4,4) M(U)TE SWAN*
27 European city’s revival is mired in grave negligence (6) GENEVA <-T

Down
1 Workers mostly help workers (8) SERVANTS
2& 20 dn. Individual carrying a gun said to have stopped this game of chance (3-5,6) ONE-ARMED BANDIT
3 With his faith he made those Jews vanish (8,7) JEHOVAHS WITNESS
5 Straight? No way, make it sharp (4) HONE
6 She offered cake and biscuits for a troubled nation, contents of the letter show (5,10) MARIE ANTOINETTE
7 Nina from Carolina (6) ENNEAD
8 Article under watch will make you hot under the collar (6) SEETHE
11 Fuel makes oil finally catch fire (7) LIGNITE
14 You get fruits or vegetable here (7) ORCHARD
16 Cunning and skill provided diamonds (8) ARTIFICE
17 With reduced blood supply lives with spies across border (8) ISCHEMIA
19 Understand it’s huge unfinished accommodation (6)FATHOM
23 Artist, unknown in a state (4)GOYA

Very good!

Once in a while I find posts not including the previous person's answers even though they are not simultaneous posts. I guess it is because the page is opened and kept waiting till the quota of answers are solved on the grid which would have taken a few minutes. When the required answers are typed and posted somebody else has already posted and the person who has last posted is in a hurry to spare time to check the previous post! I think the solution to this mishap is copying the post a person sees on opening the page in Word and checking the previous post by refreshing the crossword page to add or delete his answers typed in the page copied on Word. Then he can confidently paste it. Just a little suggestion!