Crossclimb · No. 843 · Friday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #843 Answer (Aug 21, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase for a retail event in which everything must go, no matter the price. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- What a V stood for, in ancient Rome
- Emulate an Olympian who starts on a board
- American currency that is roughly equivalent to a ten-pence coin
- Title bestowed on a woman in Britain
- Identical
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #843 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase for a retail event in which everything must go, no matter the price. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → FIRE
- What a V stood for, in ancient Rome → FIVE
- Emulate an Olympian who starts on a board → DIVE
- American currency that is roughly equivalent to a ten-pence coin → DIME
- Title bestowed on a woman in Britain → DAME
- Identical → SAME
- The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase for a retail event in which everything must go, no matter the price. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → SALE
About Crossclimb #843
- Crossclimb #843 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: "American currency that is roughly equivalent to a ten-pence coin"; "Emulate an Olympian who starts on a board"; "Identical"; "Title bestowed on a woman in Britain"; "What a V stood for, in ancient Rome".
- The shortest, "Identical", runs one word 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.