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OPENPLANLike an office designed for collaboration MRSCLAUSArctic cookiemaker OLDFRUITDear fellow died in our lift, putting that out of order ASGOODASVirtually RASPUTINInfamous Russian mystic ACADEMIADark ___ (aesthetic associated with old libraries and tweed) ECHIDNASOnly egg-laying mammals besides platypuses VIRGINALAncient poet stuck with an unusually old keyboard CHANCEITTake a risk IDARESAY"Seems to me..." RECKLESSLike crazy driving - though without a crash, we're told SOBSTORYTearful tale ORATORIOOne making a speech at Number Ten - to music CITATIONBibliography listing