Crossclimb · No. 814 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #814 Answer (Jul 23, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = Two words that complete the idiom “___ over a new ___,” meaning to make a fresh start. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- Common amount of bread to purchase
- Money that’s borrowed from a bank
- Wailing sound, perhaps heard from a ghost in a horror movie
- Start of the day, poetically
- Struggling to decide between two choices
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #814 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = Two words that complete the idiom “___ over a new ___,” meaning to make a fresh start. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → LEAF
- Common amount of bread to purchase → LOAF
- Money that’s borrowed from a bank → LOAN
- Wailing sound, perhaps heard from a ghost in a horror movie → MOAN
- Start of the day, poetically → MORN
- Struggling to decide between two choices → TORN
- The top + bottom rows = Two words that complete the idiom “___ over a new ___,” meaning to make a fresh start. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → TURN
About Crossclimb #814
- Crossclimb #814 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: "Common amount of bread to purchase"; "Money that’s borrowed from a bank"; "Start of the day, poetically"; "Struggling to decide between two choices"; "Wailing sound, perhaps heard from a ghost in a horror movie".
- The shortest, "Start of the day, poetically", runs 5 words against 11 for the longest; short, direct clues 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.