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ORATORIOOne making a speech at Number Ten - to music IDARESAY"Seems to me..." ASGOODASVirtually ACADEMIADark ___ (aesthetic associated with old libraries and tweed) ECHIDNASOnly egg-laying mammals besides platypuses OPENPLANLike an office designed for collaboration VIRGINALAncient poet stuck with an unusually old keyboard OLDFRUITDear fellow died in our lift, putting that out of order CHANCEITTake a risk RASPUTINInfamous Russian mystic ADRIATICNorthernmost arm of the Mediterranean TRANSFERHandover MRSCLAUSArctic cookiemaker CITATIONBibliography listing