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Love the Double-Dogness of 51A: Rover's pal (Fido) and 13D: Hammett pooch (Asta), though having ASTA and ESTA (7D: Is, to Isabella) in the same grid is, well, a bit like having ISLE (71A: Tropical spot) and AISLE (16A: Usher's domain) in the same grid.
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007 13D Hammett pooch Richard Silvestri ... Wednesday, January 01, 2003 35A Hammett pooch Ed Early ... Tuesday, June 03, 1997 50A Hammett pooch Jonathan Schmalzbach...
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Hammett pooch : ASTA 51. Stage of history : ERA 54. Disney realm : THEMAGICKINGDOM 57. Draw a bead on : AIMAT 58. Subsequently : THEN 59. Venom : BILE ...
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www.xwordinfo.com/ShowPuzzle.aspx?date=6/3/1997
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Asta in The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett; The pampered pooch of Nick and Nora Charles definitely left his mark, not so much in the novel, but definitely in the six Thin Man movies from the 30's and 40's. ..
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Keep ASTA (13D Hammett pooch) on a short LEASH (57D Collar attachment) and STEER (59D Have the tiller) clear of the EVIL (34D Satanic), while you SORT (18A Do a post office job) through this TRASH (17A Incinerator deposit).
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Word of the Day - Friday, May 6th ... Frequent Flier Friday ... · Common clues: Film canine, "The Thin Man" dog; Film pooch; Hammett hound...
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www.crosswordese.com/050506_asta.html
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The Language of Crossword Puzzles ... November 17, 2009 ... In the News...
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www.crosswordese.com/cruciverbalist.htm
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MARTIN Campbell's 1998 action-adventure, The Mask Of Zorro, was a guilty pleasure for many cinema-goers. A brilliant, old-fashioned swashbuckler reinventing the myth of Zorro, Campbell's film invested every explosion and fistfight with a sense of humour that was impossible to resist. ... The Legend of Zorro (PG, ... By Damon Smith,
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He was the creator of Nick Charles and Sam Spade, the latter being the original tough "private eye." Hammett's novels The Maltese Falcon (1930), The Glass Key (1931), and The Thin Man (1932), are considered classics of ... Dashiell Hammett. ... Learn more about Hammett, (Samuel) Dashiell with a free trial on Britannica.com...
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