HARDCASH

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