“Engineer Gray who, arguably, invented the telephone — and battled Alexander Graham Bell over it in court for years”
This clue appeared as 42-Down in the NYT Crossword on Sunday, December 14, 2025. The answer has 6 letters.
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The clue “Engineer Gray who, arguably, invented the telephone — and battled Alexander Graham Bell over it in court for years” ran in the NYT Crossword on December 14, 2025 as 42-Down. Its answer is a 6-letter word that starts with E and ends with A, with 3 vowels, which often points to a phrase, a name or a borrowed word.
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What is the answer to the “Engineer Gray who, arguably, invented the telephone — and battled Alexander Graham Bell over it in court for years” clue?+
The answer is ELISHA (6 letters), from the NYT Crossword of December 14, 2025.
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