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