Crossclimb · No. 836 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #836 Answer (Aug 14, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = Two words meaning to breathe quickly and loudly.
- Top rung
- Outdoor pest that has a powerful sting
- Become misshapen, often under heat
- To complain, or a type of fish like koi
- Vehicle used for hauling
- Component of a larger whole
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #836 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = Two words meaning to breathe quickly and loudly. → GASP
- Outdoor pest that has a powerful sting → WASP
- Become misshapen, often under heat → WARP
- To complain, or a type of fish like koi → CARP
- Vehicle used for hauling → CART
- Component of a larger whole → PART
- The top + bottom rows = Two words meaning to breathe quickly and loudly. → PANT
About Crossclimb #836
- Crossclimb #836 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: "Become misshapen, often under heat"; "Component of a larger whole"; "Outdoor pest that has a powerful sting"; "To complain, or a type of fish like koi"; "Vehicle used for hauling".
- The shortest, "Vehicle used for hauling", runs four words against nine 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.