Essayist who wrote "Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever lays one down without a feeling of disappointment" Crossword Clue

• Essayist who wrote "Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and all rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door"

  New York Times · Friday, July 3, 2026 · 4 letters

• "Essays of ___" (19th-century collection)

  New York Times · Sunday, May 3, 2026 · 4 letters

• Director Kazan

  New York Times · Sunday, February 1, 2026 · 4 letters

• Essayist who wrote "If you wrest my words beyond their fair construction, it is you, and not I, that are the April Fool"

  New York Times · Saturday, November 22, 2025 · 4 letters

• Charles Lamb's "Essays of ___"

  New York Times · Saturday, June 14, 2025 · 4 letters

• Director Kazan who helped popularize Method acting

  New York Times · Monday, May 12, 2025 · 4 letters

• Kazan who directed "A Streetcar Named Desire"

  New York Times · Tuesday, August 6, 2024 · 4 letters

• Oscar-winning director Kazan

  New York Times · Thursday, June 29, 2023 · 4 letters

• Actress Zoe Kazan's grandfather

  New York Times · Friday, September 16, 2022 · 4 letters

• ___ Martell, "Game of Thrones" princess

  New York Times · Sunday, September 11, 2022 · 4 letters

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• 30-Across Seljuk Empire citizen
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• 32-Down Deep-fried British treat wrapped with sausage and bread crumbs
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• 36-Down Focus of middle management?
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