Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, June 16, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "OLDMANANDTHESEA".
Total Clues
76
Longest
OLDMANANDTHESEA
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
SEE
Featured Clue
"Hemingway tale about an elderly fisherman, with "The" ... or a phonetic hint to four sets of circled letters in this puzzle?"
15 Letters
OLDMANANDTHESEA
ALLComplete Solution List
Bluffer's giveaway
4TELL
Dessert that wiggles
5JELLO
Obsessive captain of fiction
4AHAB
___, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio
4ALAS
Like a loud crowd
5AROAR
Trio minus one
4PAIR
Pontiff's emblem with three horizontal bars
10PAPALCROSS
Martial art with shoulder throws
4JUDO
On the line?
7ATSTAKE
Bottom of a long column, say
5TOTAL
Capisce?
3SEE
Spearheaded
3LED
Think pieces, for short
5OPEDS
Incensed
3MAD
Amigo
8COMPADRE
Ancient Brit for whom a language was named
4GAEL
Opening of a news article, in journalism lingo
4LEDE
It scratches the itch
4NAIL
Hemingway tale about an elderly fisherman, with "The" ... or a phonetic hint to four sets of circled letters in this puzzle?
15OLDMANANDTHESEA
Party with glowsticks
4RAVE
Smidgens
4BITS
The Beatles' "Back in the ___"
4USSR
Crustaceans sometimes called "mudbugs"
8CRAWDADS
Test for a future Ph.D.
3GRE
Monsieur, in Madrid
5SENOR
Fishing tool
3ROD
Maple tree harvest
3SAP
Where the rubber meets the road
5TREAD
"That's my next move"
7IPLANTO
^
4WHAT
Open some bubbly with a bang
10POPTHECORK
"Logan" actor Jackman
4HUGH
"The Price Is Right" unveiling
5PRIZE
Cleveland's lake
4ERIE
Be a good dog, say
4OBEY
Half-goat follower of Dionysus
5SATYR
Honeybunch
4DEAR
Patatas bravas and croquetas, e.g.
5TAPAS
Fill with joy
5ELATE
Momentary slip
5LAPSE
Exam for a future J.D.
4LSAT
Very muscular, in slang
6JACKED
Dropped the ball
5ERRED
"Facilities," in Britain
3LOO
Place for the highest-scoring golfer
4LAST
Ish
4ORSO
College-credit class that says sayonara to H.S.?
10APJAPANESE
Really booked it
9HAULEDASS
Charitable contributions, collectively
3AID
Dude ...
3BRO
Fingers-in-ears syllables
6LALALA
Word with tank or tip
3TOP
Less sweet, as a wine
5DRIER
House actress Ward
4SELA
Like an image just begging to be captioned and shared
10MEMEWORTHY
Word appearing on the nickel but not the dime or quarter, surprisingly
5CENTS
Casino calculations
4ODDS
Rendezvoused with
3MET
Blinding light
5GLARE
Upper hand
9ADVANTAGE
Put down gently
4LAID
Green-skinned World of Warcraft characters
4ORCS
Org. with Bulls and Bucks
3NBA
Obstacle to overcome
6HURDLE
The Chronic rapper, informally
3DRE
Animal symbol of the University of Minnesota
6GOPHER
Fancy-schmancy
5RITZY
Zzzz
5SNORE
Light-filled lobbies
5ATRIA
Game with a World Series held in Las Vegas
5POKER
Plates to share, informally
4APPS
Cartoon explorer who teaches Spanish
4DORA
Crushed, as a test
4ACED
Word sung over 100 times in "___ Are You" by the ___
3WHO
Center of activity
3HUB
Part of a speedway or the stomach
3PIT