“Hemingway tale about an elderly fisherman, with "The" ... or a phonetic hint to four sets of circled letters in this puzzle?”
This clue appeared as 36-Across in the NYT Crossword on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. The answer has 15 letters.
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The clue “Hemingway tale about an elderly fisherman, with "The" ... or a phonetic hint to four sets of circled letters in this puzzle?” ran in the NYT Crossword on June 16, 2026 as 36-Across. Its answer is a 15-letter phrase that starts with O and ends with A, with 6 vowels, which often points to a phrase, a name or a borrowed word.
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What is the answer to the “Hemingway tale about an elderly fisherman, with "The" ... or a phonetic hint to four sets of circled letters in this puzzle?” clue?+
The answer is OLDMANANDTHESEA (15 letters), from the NYT Crossword of June 16, 2026.
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