Keyboardist Saunders and crossword immortal Reagle
Definition
MERL, a blackbird, also MERLE
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Clue
Great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of Noah
Great-great-great-great-great grandfather of Noah
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Clue
"Give Schweppes Ginger ___ try!" (brilliant soda slogan I just made up) (this clue dedicated to the great Merl Reagle, the master of saving weak entries; RIP, Merl)