Stumped by an Old-timey Introduction? Uncover the Answer to this Crossword Clue!

Once upon a time, in the early 1900s, a gentleman walked into a barbershop. The barber greeted him with a friendly “Good day, sir!” The gentleman replied, “Good day to you, my friend.”

As the barber started to work on the gentleman’s mustache, he realized that he didn’t know the gentleman’s name. So he asked, “I beg your pardon, sir, but what is your name?”

The gentleman chuckled and replied, “Oh, I’m not important enough to have a name. Just call me ‘gents’.”

The barber was puzzled by this term of address but decided to use it anyway. “Very well, gents. Would you like the ends trimmed?”

And that’s how ‘GENTS’ became a popular term of address in old-timey introductions. After all, who needs a name when ‘gents’ sounds so friendly and welcoming?