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ORTHODOXConventional (8) COLOMBIACountry whose capital is Bogotá VOCATIONCalling Victor over positively charged particle (8) DRESSTIEAscot alternative MESSTINSCookware for, possibly, Tommy and Mike, arranged in small sets THIRSTEDWas hot (for) MRMISTER1980s chart-topping band with a semi-duplicative name AREYOUINCroupier's query MATAHARIStage name of a Dutch exotic dancer executed as a German spy in World War I BLOWPIPEAir-powered weapon (8) OILDRILLPiece of crude machinery KINDNESSBeneficence LAWRENCED H __, author of Sons and Lovers (8) OWLSNESTPlace where it's a hoot to raise a family?