Wordplay (2006)

Merl Reagle: Self

Quotes 

• Merl Reagle : [driving by a Dunkin' Donuts shop]  Dunkin' Donuts... put the D at the end, you get Unkind Donuts... which I've had a few of, in my day.

• Merl Reagle : And there's word-choice rules. You can't use - usually - bodily functions in puzzles, you know. "Urine" would bail me out of a corner, I mean, a million times a year. Same with "enema." "Enema" - talk about great letters...

• Merl Reagle : [On why bodily functions and other possible unpleasant words have been banned from the NY Times crosswords]  They're sitting there relaxing and here comes RECTAL? I don't think so.