OCTUPLES

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