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