Author Kaufman (3 letters)

{ Answer }

BEL

{ Related Clues }

___ air
___ canto
___ esprit
Actress ___ Geddes
Barbara ___ Geddes
Golden apple
___ Paese cheese
Unit in acoustics
Unit of noise
Volume measure
Actress Barbar ___ eddes
Actress Barbara ___ Geddes
Air or ami preceder
___ canto, Callas's forte
___ and the Dragon (Apocryphal book)
___-esprit (witty person)
Sound intensity unit
Unit indicating loudness
Unit of power ratio
Ann Patchett novel "___ Canto"
"Un ___ di" (Puccini aria)
___ canto (18th-century singing style)

{ Tags }

actress, air, ami, apocrypha, author, barbara, bel, book, canto, cheese, dragon, esprit, geddes, kaufman, novel, paese, singing, sound, style, un, unit

{ Notes }

The answer BEL is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.

{ Definition }

BEL as a noun:

1. (Bel, B) = a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels

2. Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil