Crossclimb · No. 815 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #815 Answer (Jul 24, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = Two words that complete the idiom “___ the ___” meaning to get a sense of the mood of a group of people before acting or speaking. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- Tall grass that grows in a marsh, or the vibrating part of a woodwind instrument that creates sound
- Short film, or the spool on which film is stored
- Genuine
- 500 sheets of paper
- Wander around without a set destination
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #815 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = Two words that complete the idiom “___ the ___” meaning to get a sense of the mood of a group of people before acting or speaking. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → READ
- Tall grass that grows in a marsh, or the vibrating part of a woodwind instrument that creates sound → REED
- Short film, or the spool on which film is stored → REEL
- Genuine → REAL
- 500 sheets of paper → REAM
- Wander around without a set destination → ROAM
- The top + bottom rows = Two words that complete the idiom “___ the ___” meaning to get a sense of the mood of a group of people before acting or speaking. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → ROOM
About Crossclimb #815
- Crossclimb #815 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: "500 sheets of paper"; "Genuine"; "Short film, or the spool on which film is stored"; "Tall grass that grows in a marsh, or the vibrating part of a woodwind instrument that creates sound"; "Wander around without a set destination".
- The shortest, "Genuine", runs 1 word against 18 for the longest.
- Two add 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.