Possible Clues:

• The press wind up ahead of time
• What one might mislay in the cupboard
• You just can't win what's in the cupboard
• Cabinet to fail in court
• A small room - best to come out of it
• Idiot concealing empty safe in cupboard
• Study, but be unsuccessful in court
• Place for skeletons
• Perhaps board for a cup is hard by tea, in short
• Linen place