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