Crossclimb · No. 846 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #846 Answer (Aug 24, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = Two things found at the beach: one in the water, one on land. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- A genie may grant one
- Clever and experienced
- Alcoholic drink made by fermenting grape juice
- Weather measured on the Beaufort scale (8 means a gale, for example)
- What a wizard wields
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #846 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = Two things found at the beach: one in the water, one on land. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → FISH
- A genie may grant one → WISH
- Clever and experienced → WISE
- Alcoholic drink made by fermenting grape juice → WINE
- Weather measured on the Beaufort scale (8 means a gale, for example) → WIND
- What a wizard wields → WAND
- The top + bottom rows = Two things found at the beach: one in the water, one on land. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → SAND
About Crossclimb #846
- Crossclimb #846 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 genie may grant one"; "Alcoholic drink made by fermenting grape juice"; "Clever and experienced"; "Weather measured on the Beaufort scale (8 means a gale, for example)"; "What a wizard wields".
- The shortest, "Clever and experienced", runs 3 words against 12 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.