Crossclimb · No. 835 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #835 Answer (Aug 13, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = A compound word describing a type of membership that never needs to be renewed. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- Domesticated, like a household pet
- “In the ___ boat” (sharing a difficult situation)
- Japanese rice wine
- A large body of water surrounded by land
- Thumbs-up response on social media
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #835 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = A compound word describing a type of membership that never needs to be renewed. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → TIME
- Domesticated, like a household pet → TAME
- “In the ___ boat” (sharing a difficult situation) → SAME
- Japanese rice wine → SAKE
- A large body of water surrounded by land → LAKE
- Thumbs-up response on social media → LIKE
- The top + bottom rows = A compound word describing a type of membership that never needs to be renewed. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → LIFE
About Crossclimb #835
- Crossclimb #835 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: "A large body of water surrounded by land"; "Domesticated, like a household pet"; "Japanese rice wine"; "Thumbs-up response on social media"; "'In the ___ boat' (sharing a difficult situation)".
- The shortest, "Japanese rice wine", runs three words against eight for the longest.
- One is a fill-in-the-blank, 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.