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Aug 23, 2015 · Here’s a vintage Merl puzzle from a Western show titled “Oats,” from about 1973. (And no, there is nothing odd about saving a 40+ year-old theater program. It may be the only one in existence.) ”Dem Stagecoach Blooze” was by Merl. Note the pun on Puzzo: Puzzoats.
Merl Harry Reagle (January 5, 1950 – August 22, 2015) was an American crossword constructor. For 30 years, he constructed a puzzle every Sunday for the San Francisco Chronicle (originally the San Francisco Examiner), which he syndicated to more than 50 Sunday newspapers, including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Seattle Times, The Plain Dealer ...
- Crossword constructor, musician
- January 5, 1950, Audubon, New Jersey, U.S.
- Marie Haley
- August 22, 2015 (aged 65), Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Aug 25, 2015 · Merl Harry Reagle (he was named for an uncle killed when a German guided bomb sank the British troop ship Rohna in 1943) was born in Audubon, N.J., on Jan. 5, 1950. His father, Sam, was a truck ...
Aug 22, 2015 · Merl Reagle, 1950–2015. The crossword community is reeling this morning at the news that Merl Reagle just passed away today. He was only ill for a couple days, with acute pancreatitis from gallstones. It’s a shocking loss of an incredibly vibrant man. Merl has been knocking puzzlers’ socks off for decades with his fearsome feats of ...
- Amy Reynaldo
Aug 24, 2015 · 1. He believed that crosswords should be fun. This sounds obvious now, but 40 years ago, crossword puzzles were seen as more of a mental test than a form of entertainment, and were largely written ...
May 26, 2006 · Merl Reagle on Wordplay and Crossword Puzzles. My first exposure to crossword puzzles was either on the back of a placemat at the Mr. Steak restaurant in Des Moines, Iowa or by way of my grandparents. The first time I really thought about serious crossword puzzles was when I noticed the stack of crossword puzzle dictionaries my grandfather kept ...
