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What Alexander Graham Bell suggested as the standard telephone-answering greeting (4)

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I believe the answer is:

ahoy

(Other definitions for ahoy that I've seen before include "Hail at sea" , "Hello sailor!" , "Mariner's challenge" , "Call for attention at sea" , "Cry at sea" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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