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