Blast from the past!

We fly all the way back to July to talk about… a fly!

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Today’s Spelling Bee letters are C, G, I, L, N, X, and center E (all words must include E). According to the Spelling Bee Master, today is the first time this pangram, or combination of seven letters, has appeared in The New York Times.

However, one of the rejected answers from this puzzle — cleg — has appeared on the list of dords before. I’m…