Merl Reagle (born January 5, 1950, Audubon, New Jersey) is an American crossword constructor. He is known for his creative and humorous themes. Since 1985, he has constructed a puzzle every Sunday for the San Francisco Chronicle (originally the San Francisco Examiner), which he syndicates to over 50 Sunday newspapers, including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Seattle Times, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio), the Hartford Courant, the New York Observer, and the Arizona Daily Star. Reagle also produces a bimonthly crossword puzzle for the AARP magazine and puzzles for the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
Read more about Merl Reagle: Biography, Representative Puzzles: Humor and Wide-open Grids, Portrayal in The Film Wordplay, Other Appearances