Crossclimb · No. 810 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #810 Answer (Jul 19, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = A compound word for an aquatic animal that inflates its stomach to protect itself from predators. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- “Go with the ___”
- Imperfection
- Change in musical pitch indicated by ♭
- Authoritative action made by decree, or an Italian automaker
- Boxer’s weapon
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #810 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = A compound word for an aquatic animal that inflates its stomach to protect itself from predators. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → BLOW
- “Go with the ___” → FLOW
- Imperfection → FLAW
- Change in musical pitch indicated by ♭ → FLAT
- Authoritative action made by decree, or an Italian automaker → FIAT
- Boxer’s weapon → FIST
- The top + bottom rows = A compound word for an aquatic animal that inflates its stomach to protect itself from predators. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → FISH
About Crossclimb #810
- Crossclimb #810 is a ladder of 7 4-letter words, each one letter away from the next.
- Listed alphabetically rather than in ladder order, the five middle clues are: "Authoritative action made by decree, or an Italian automaker"; "Boxer’s weapon"; "Change in musical pitch indicated by ♭"; "Imperfection"; "'Go with the ___'".
- The shortest, "Imperfection", runs one word against nine for the longest.
- One is a fill-in-the-blank and one adds a qualifier after a comma, and clues like that are usually the fastest to pin down.
- Settle the middle five before touching the top and bottom rungs: those two share one combined clue that opens only once the middle is in ladder order.