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answer words debuted by Merl Reagle.
Alternate names for this constructor:
M. Reagle, Merl H. Reagle
Beloved constructor Merl Reagle constructed the Sunday crossword for the San Francisco Chronicle (widely syndicated) every Sunday for 30 years. He starred in the 2006 documentary, Wordplay, which followed the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament that year. The tournament now annually presents the MEmoRiaL Award, a lifetime achievement award in the form of a snow globe with Mr. Reagle inside.
The photo here is from his appearance on The Simpsons.
7 Modern Era daily crosswords
by Merl Reagle
POW Thu 9/3/2015 THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY
| | C | L | U | M | P | | | | D | O | R | M | A | N | T |
| B | O | O | Z | E | R | | | M | A | N | A | C | L | E | S |
E | R | U | D | I | T | E | | T | E | L | E | P | H | O | N | E |
M | I | R | E | S | | W | H | E | R | E | | | A | T | E | |
O | T | T | S | | E | R | O | D | E | | M | E | L | | | |
T | O | T | | S | C | A | M | S | | G | A | M | E | T | E | S |
E | N | V | E | L | O | P | E | | B | I | N | S | | R | A | H |
| | | S | U | N | | R | O | U | G | H | | L | I | R | E |
| R | E | P | R | O | N | U | N | C | I | A | T | I | O | N | |
K | H | A | N | | M | O | N | T | H | | T | O | M | | | |
E | U | R | | A | I | M | S | | A | N | T | I | B | I | A | S |
A | M | P | E | R | E | S | | O | N | E | A | L | | R | B | I |
| | | X | E | S | | A | D | A | M | N | | C | O | A | X |
| J | A | I | | | S | C | E | N | E | | D | A | N | C | E |
F | O | L | L | I | C | L | E | S | | S | P | A | R | E | U | S |
L | I | M | E | A | D | E | S | | | I | D | L | E | R | S | |
U | N | A | R | M | E | D | | | | S | Q | Y | D | S | | |
Sun 11/16/2008 SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY I KNOW
D | R | E | W | | | | H | A | R | U | M | | | T | O | R | T | E | S | |
R | U | L | E | | | M | A | R | I | S | A | P | T | O | M | A | I | N | E | |
A | I | M | E | | R | A | Y | M | O | N | D | C | H | A | N | N | E | L | E | R |
K | N | O | B | | A | R | E | A | S | | | J | E | D | I | | | A | R | I |
E | E | R | | D | M | A | S | S | | V | C | R | | | | S | E | I | S | M |
| R | E | S | E | A | U | | | D | O | H | | E | M | O | T | E | | | |
| | | L | A | D | D | | A | R | N | O | L | D | P | O | L | Y | M | E | R |
R | O | M | A | N | A | | S | M | U | | I | B | E | A | M | | O | O | N | A |
I | R | O | N | S | | F | O | O | | | R | O | N | A | P | A | R | R | O | T |
G | A | T | T | | B | A | C | K | R | U | B | | | | A | D | E | A | R | |
G | T | O | | K | O | O | K | | O | R | O | | A | C | H | E | | S | M | L |
| O | R | S | O | N | | | | S | N | Y | D | E | R | S | | A | S | I | A |
E | R | I | K | S | E | T | T | E | E | | | F | R | Y | | D | I | E | T | S |
L | I | N | E | | M | A | R | T | S | | N | C | O | | J | E | S | S | Y | E |
M | O | N | I | C | A | Z | E | A | L | O | U | S | | R | O | L | L | | | |
| | | N | O | N | O | S | | U | R | L | | | O | H | H | E | L | L | |
P | R | O | S | E | | | | S | G | T | | L | E | O | N | I | | A | I | M |
A | A | A | | | P | I | T | A | | | S | O | T | T | O | | S | M | E | E |
N | I | K | I | T | A | C | R | U | I | S | E | C | H | E | F | | A | B | B | A |
| L | I | N | D | S | A | Y | L | O | W | H | A | N | D | | | A | D | E | N |
| S | E | A | S | O | N | | | C | A | R | L | O | | | | B | A | R | T |
This amazing puzzle has a direct tie-in to the episode of The Simpsons that aired the same day. Both the show and the crossword are self-contained but key plot elements are hidden in this puzzle. See the Wordplay blog post.
The message from the first letter of each clue reads: "Dear Lisa. You make me so happy. Really, really, really happy. Sorry, he told me I needed a hundred-forty-four letters. What was my point again? Oh right. Bouvier or Simpson, I cherish you."
Tue 5/31/2005
I | C | B | M | | T | A | M | E | S | T | | S | A | O |
M | O | R | E | | O | P | E | N | T | O | | T | A | D |
P | L | A | Y | A | D | E | L | R | E | Y | | A | L | Y |
L | O | V | E | T | O | | R | A | E | | B | R | A | S |
I | N | E | R | T | | T | O | P | L | A | Y | E | R | S |
E | E | L | S | | L | O | S | T | | S | A | R | G | E |
S | L | Y | | G | A | L | E | | K | I | N | S | E | Y |
| | | W | O | R | D | | P | L | A | Y | | | |
M | E | L | I | N | A | | P | E | E | N | | R | A | G |
A | L | O | N | E | | R | E | N | E | | C | A | R | L |
N | E | W | O | R | D | E | R | S | | P | A | T | I | O |
A | G | E | S | | A | S | U | | A | O | R | T | A | S |
T | A | R | | C | R | O | S | S | S | W | O | R | D | S |
E | N | E | | P | I | L | E | U | P | | L | A | N | E |
E | T | D | | A | N | D | R | E | S | | S | P | E | D |
You can watch Merl Reagle construct this puzzle in the movie Wordplay.
Sun 2/1/1998 At the Stamp Celebration
B | A | B | A | | S | A | L | U | K | I | | J | A | P | E | | P | A | L | E |
O | M | A | R | | T | I | E | P | I | N | | A | R | A | L | | E | V | A | N |
P | O | S | T | C | E | R | E | A | L | S | | I | N | T | E | R | D | I | C | T |
| R | E | S | I | N | | | | N | O | R | M | A | N | M | A | I | L | E | R |
S | P | L | A | T | | A | P | T | | L | E | E | Z | A | | S | C | A | R | Y |
T | H | E | L | E | T | T | E | R | M | E | N | | | | G | S | A | | | |
O | I | S | E | | R | O | S | I | E | S | | O | L | D | A | L | B | U | M | S |
P | C | S | | J | A | N | E | T | S | | A | V | I | A | T | E | | R | E | T |
| | | L | O | V | E | T | O | | E | N | E | M | Y | | R | A | S | T | A |
D | E | L | I | V | E | R | A | N | A | D | D | R | E | S | S | | K | I | R | I |
E | R | A | S | E | R | | | | N | I | L | | | | A | M | I | N | O | R |
A | M | Y | L | | S | T | I | C | K | T | O | I | T | I | V | E | N | E | S | S |
F | I | L | E | D | | U | R | A | L | S | | S | O | M | E | R | S | | | |
E | N | O | | E | S | T | A | T | E | | C | A | R | P | A | L | | R | F | D |
N | E | W | I | S | S | U | E | S | | C | H | A | P | E | L | | S | E | L | A |
| | | M | C | S | | | | T | H | E | C | O | L | L | E | C | T | O | R |
S | L | I | M | E | | S | U | A | V | E | | S | R | S | | R | A | I | S | E |
T | E | R | E | N | C | E | S | T | A | M | P | | | | W | I | L | T | S | |
U | P | A | N | D | A | T | I | T | | I | T | S | C | A | N | C | E | L | E | D |
N | E | T | S | | M | A | N | Y | | S | A | T | I | R | E | | N | E | R | O |
T | R | E | E | | P | E | G | S | | E | S | P | R | I | T | | E | S | S | O |
Sun 9/29/1996 Puzzle of the Future
C | O | T | E | | S | C | I | F | I | | | | S | U | G | A | R | Y | | |
A | C | H | E | | C | A | R | O | N | | | N | I | N | E | T | E | E | N | |
N | O | E | L | C | O | W | A | R | D | | E | I | G | H | T | Y | F | O | U | R |
A | N | S | | A | N | E | N | D | | D | O | N | N | A | | A | I | M | T | O |
S | N | I | P | P | E | D | | | D | O | N | J | O | N | S | | T | A | T | S |
T | E | N | O | N | S | | Z | I | O | N | | A | N | D | E | S | | N | Y | E |
A | L | A | I | | | S | E | A | T | A | C | | | S | T | A | R | | | |
| L | I | N | D | B | E | R | G | H | | A | R | C | | U | V | U | L | A | S |
| | | T | O | O | T | O | O | | F | L | O | O | R | P | O | L | I | S | H |
C | A | M | E | L | O | T | | | V | O | L | A | R | E | | Y | A | L | T | A |
E | L | O | | | B | L | A | D | E | R | U | N | N | E | R | | | A | R | R |
R | O | D | E | O | | E | L | E | C | T | S | | | R | O | B | O | C | O | P |
T | H | E | G | R | A | D | U | A | T | E | | S | C | A | L | A | R | | | |
S | A | M | O | A | N | | M | N | O | | H | O | R | S | E | R | A | C | E | |
| | | S | L | I | D | | | R | O | O | M | I | E | | | C | A | L | I |
A | B | U | | S | T | E | A | M | | B | L | A | B | | B | A | L | L | I | N |
H | I | S | S | | A | M | N | E | S | I | A | | | R | E | T | E | L | L | S |
U | P | P | E | R | | I | N | L | E | T | | C | A | I | R | O | | S | I | T |
M | O | O | D | Y | B | L | U | E | S | | M | A | R | T | Y | M | C | F | L | Y |
| D | E | G | A | U | L | L | E | | | A | R | I | E | L | | P | O | L | L |
| | T | E | N | S | E | S | | | | C | L | A | S | S | | A | R | Y | E |
Sun 9/18/1994 Reordering Books
D | E | M | I | | P | A | N | D | A | S | | M | A | C | H | | H | A | S | H |
E | R | O | S | | I | G | U | A | N | A | | E | L | L | E | | O | L | I | O |
F | A | R | E | W | E | L | L | M | Y | V | O | L | L | E | Y | | W | I | N | G |
| | P | R | O | P | E | L | | | | R | O | A | M | | C | A | V | E | S |
| T | H | E | M | A | T | I | N | G | O | F | T | H | E | S | H | R | E | W | |
W | H | O | | E | N | S | | A | R | R | E | T | | N | E | E | D | | | |
R | E | S | I | N | | | S | P | I | R | O | | C | Z | A | R | | B | L | Y |
A | M | I | N | S | T | R | E | E | T | | | M | O | A | T | | S | L | O | E |
P | E | S | T | | E | E | L | | | G | L | O | M | | | C | H | I | N | A |
| | | O | W | L | S | | F | A | R | E | O | F | F | L | Y | I | N | G | |
| | A | N | A | M | E | R | I | C | A | N | G | Y | R | A | T | E | D | | |
| P | R | I | V | A | T | E | E | L | V | I | S | | O | N | E | L | | | |
R | A | I | N | Y | | | B | L | U | E | | | D | N | A | | D | A | S | H |
O | L | E | G | | S | C | U | D | | | A | U | N | T | I | E | E | M | M | A |
B | E | L | | L | E | O | S | | B | E | T | S | Y | | | U | R | I | E | L |
| | | Y | U | M | A | | O | R | E | O | S | | M | A | R | | N | A | T |
| L | O | O | K | I | N | G | F | O | R | M | R | B | A | G | O | D | O | R | |
M | A | R | G | E | | C | R | A | M | | | | U | T | O | P | I | A | | |
E | T | T | U | | T | H | E | M | O | S | Q | U | I | T | O | A | S | C | O | T |
T | H | O | R | | I | O | T | A | | D | U | L | L | E | S | | C | I | N | E |
S | E | N | T | | O | R | A | N | | S | E | T | T | L | E | | O | D | A | Y |
Fri 12/24/1993
S | A | N | D | | S | H | U | N | | L | A | P | E | L |
O | L | I | O | | A | U | T | O | | A | D | E | L | E |
D | O | N | T | G | O | A | W | A | Y | F | O | L | K | S |
S | T | E | E | L | | C | O | H | E | I | R | E | S | S |
| | | L | O | P | | | | A | T | A | | | |
W | E | L | L | B | E | R | I | G | H | T | B | A | C | K |
A | Y | E | | E | L | E | N | A | | E | L | S | I | E |
N | E | A | T | | F | A | U | S | T | | E | T | T | E |
D | O | N | H | O | | C | S | P | O | T | | E | E | L |
A | F | T | E | R | T | H | E | S | E | W | O | R | D | S |
| | | T | A | U | | | | S | A | C | | | |
B | E | L | I | T | T | L | E | S | | I | A | M | B | S |
F | R | O | M | O | U | R | S | P | O | N | S | O | R | S |
A | M | B | E | R | | O | P | E | N | | E | M | I | T |
S | A | S | S | Y | | N | Y | E | T | | Y | A | M | S |
3 pre-Shortz crosswords by Merl Reagle
Wed 9/20/1972
A | N | O | N | | L | O | A | | B | E | M | A | | |
T | A | B | U | | A | D | V | | R | O | A | R | E | D |
E | P | I | C | | S | E | E | | E | S | K | I | M | O |
| | | L | E | T | | N | A | A | | E | S | E | L |
S | U | P | E | R | B | | U | N | K | | S | E | N | T |
T | R | E | A | S | U | R | E | I | S | L | A | N | D | S |
O | S | A | R | | T | I | S | | R | E | S | | | |
W | A | S | T | I | N | G | O | N | E | S | T | I | M | E |
| | | E | D | O | | F | U | L | | A | L | I | A |
R | A | I | S | E | T | H | E | R | A | F | T | E | R | S |
I | S | N | T | | L | A | S | | T | R | E | S | S | Y |
M | O | A | B | | E | T | C | | I | A | M | | | |
E | R | R | A | T | A | | A | G | O | | E | Z | R | A |
S | T | E | N | O | S | | P | U | N | | N | O | U | N |
| | A | S | I | T | | E | M | S | | T | O | N | Y |
Thu 5/18/1972
| B | E | A | R | I | T | | H | A | T | | S | P | Y |
C | O | N | T | I | N | U | | A | M | A | | E | R | E |
I | N | T | O | N | E | R | | V | A | L | L | E | Y | S |
T | A | R | | S | E | N | T | E | N | C | E | S | | |
I | N | A | N | E | | T | H | A | T | | A | A | M | S |
E | N | D | O | | T | H | E | B | O | E | R | W | A | R |
D | O | A | S | T | H | E | R | O | M | A | N | S | D | O |
| | | | R | E | T | I | N | A | S | | | | |
M | I | C | R | O | W | A | V | E | R | E | L | A | Y | S |
O | R | A | N | G | E | B | A | T | S | | A | S | O | U |
N | O | R | W | | A | L | L | O | | P | I | Q | U | E |
| | C | Y | C | L | E | S | P | E | R | | U | N | D |
T | E | A | S | E | T | S | | I | R | O | N | A | G | E |
W | A | S | | R | H | O | | C | L | E | A | R | E | D |
O | R | S | | A | Y | N | | K | E | M | P | E | R | |
Sat 2/11/1967
B | B | B | | | B | A | S | S | | U | P | E | N | D |
R | E | E | F | | A | L | T | A | | G | A | M | E | D |
A | G | R | I | | H | E | A | L | T | H | N | U | T | S |
T | E | T | R | A | | U | T | E | N | S | I | L | | |
| T | H | E | L | A | T | E | S | T | | | A | P | T |
| | | S | E | N | I | O | R | | A | S | T | A | R |
L | O | O | T | | C | A | F | E | | S | A | I | G | A |
I | N | N | O | C | E | N | T | S | A | B | R | O | A | D |
S | T | E | N | O | | I | H | I | S | | A | N | N | E |
P | A | N | E | L | | S | E | S | T | E | T | | | |
S | P | A | | | G | L | U | T | I | N | O | U | S | |
| | T | I | J | U | A | N | A | | E | G | R | E | T |
T | H | I | R | T | Y | N | I | N | E | | A | B | R | A |
S | E | O | U | L | | D | O | C | K | | S | A | I | L |
P | A | N | S | Y | | S | N | E | E | | | N | N | E |