Crossclimb · No. 831 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #831 Answer (Aug 9, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = A hyphenated word meaning to engage in different sporting activities to balance health and muscular development. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- Human organ that takes up only 2% of a body’s weight but uses about 20% of its energy
- Muscular strength
- Cook until the color changes, as onions
- The top part of the head, or something one might put there
- Black birds that collectively form a “murder”
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #831 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = A hyphenated word meaning to engage in different sporting activities to balance health and muscular development. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → TRAIN
- Human organ that takes up only 2% of a body’s weight but uses about 20% of its energy → BRAIN
- Muscular strength → BRAWN
- Cook until the color changes, as onions → BROWN
- The top part of the head, or something one might put there → CROWN
- Black birds that collectively form a “murder” → CROWS
- The top + bottom rows = A hyphenated word meaning to engage in different sporting activities to balance health and muscular development. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → CROSS
About Crossclimb #831
- Crossclimb #831 is a ladder of 7 5-letter words, each one letter away from the next.
- Listed alphabetically rather than in ladder order, the five middle clues are: "Black birds that collectively form a 'murder'"; "Cook until the color changes, as onions"; "Human organ that takes up only 2% of a body’s weight but uses about 20% of its energy"; "Muscular strength"; "The top part of the head, or something one might put there".
- The shortest, "Muscular strength", runs 2 words 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.