Crossclimb · No. 817 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #817 Answer (Jul 26, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase meaning "to refrigerate." Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- Relayed, as a story
- Open-___ shoes
- Ready to be hit, as a golf ball
- Someone older than twelve but younger than twenty
- Very interested in something
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #817 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase meaning "to refrigerate." Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → COLD
- Relayed, as a story → TOLD
- Open-___ shoes → TOED
- Ready to be hit, as a golf ball → TEED
- Someone older than twelve but younger than twenty → TEEN
- Very interested in something → KEEN
- The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase meaning "to refrigerate." Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → KEEP
About Crossclimb #817
- Crossclimb #817 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: "Open-___ shoes"; "Ready to be hit, as a golf ball"; "Relayed, as a story"; "Someone older than twelve but younger than twenty"; "Very interested in something".
- The shortest, "Open-___ shoes", runs two words against eight for the longest.
- One is a fill-in-the-blank and 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.