SILKROAD

BLOWPIPEAir-powered weapon (8) KINDNESSBeneficence LAWRENCED H __, author of Sons and Lovers (8) OWLSNESTPlace where it's a hoot to raise a family? DRESSTIEAscot alternative VOCATIONCalling Victor over positively charged particle (8) 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 FLEETINGShort-lived (8) MESSTINSCookware for, possibly, Tommy and Mike, arranged in small sets COLOMBIACountry whose capital is Bogotá ORTHODOXConventional (8)