Crossclimb · No. 819 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #819 Answer (Jul 28, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = A compound word for a prediction made ahead of time, such as what the weather will be tomorrow. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- Common piece of tableware, or a branch in the road
- Ham or bacon
- Place to plug in a USB device on a laptop
- Share an update on social media
- Price to pay
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #819 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = A compound word for a prediction made ahead of time, such as what the weather will be tomorrow. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → FORE
- Common piece of tableware, or a branch in the road → FORK
- Ham or bacon → PORK
- Place to plug in a USB device on a laptop → PORT
- Share an update on social media → POST
- Price to pay → COST
- The top + bottom rows = A compound word for a prediction made ahead of time, such as what the weather will be tomorrow. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → CAST
About Crossclimb #819
- Crossclimb #819 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 piece of tableware, or a branch in the road"; "Ham or bacon"; "Place to plug in a USB device on a laptop"; "Price to pay"; "Share an update on social media".
- The shortest, "Ham or bacon", runs three words against ten for the longest.
- 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.