| SHORTNOVEL | *"The Old Man and the Sea," for one (first 3 + last 3) |
| IONICBOND | The linkage in NaCl, for one (... first 3) |
| NOVELLA | "The Old Man and the Sea," for one |
| CATCHACCOUNT | "The Old Man and the Sea," for example? |
| ESTIMATE | *Ballpark figure (first 3+ last 3) |
| KILOMETRE | A distance for one first in another mile trek |
| SWEETPEA | Small Native American accommodation found in the sea for one of the climbers (5,3) |
| BALTIC | Exchange the Sea for one-nothing in cobalt, maybe (6) |
| DIMITRI | Composer who won Best Original Score Oscars for High Noon, The High and the Mighty and The Old Man and the Sea (7,7) |
| TIOMKIN | Composer who won Best Original Score Oscars for High Noon, The High and the Mighty and The Old Man and the Sea (7,7) |
| LIONS | Of what was the Old Man dreaming, in the 9 4 of The Old Man and the Sea? (5) |
| COMEDYCLUB | *Place for funny bits (first 3+ last 1) |
| HAKUNAMATATA | "No worries," per "The Lion King" (first 3 + last 1) |
| SMOLT | Young salmon after the parr stage, when it turns silvery and migrates to the sea for the first time (5) |
| HEMINGWAY | Author of For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Old Man and the Sea who said: "Happiness in intelligent pe |
| PAPAHEMINGWAY | Sobriquet for the author of "The Old Man and the Sea" |
| STUDENTSANDSTAFF | *Addressees of some school letters(first 3+ last 2) |
| MARBLERYE | Bread with a swirly pattern (first 3 + last 1) |
| FOLLOWEDBACK | Responded in kind on Twitter (first 3 + last 1) |
| SWITCHHITTING | Batting like a versatile slugger (first 3 + last 2) |
