Crossclimb · No. 847 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #847 Answer (Aug 25, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = A hyphenated word describing someone who is highly educated through books. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- Stone with a hole in it used in jewelry
- Quality of a danceable song
- It may hold up your jeans
- Soft green material on a poker table
- Plunged
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #847 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = A hyphenated word describing someone who is highly educated through books. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → READ
- Stone with a hole in it used in jewelry → BEAD
- Quality of a danceable song → BEAT
- It may hold up your jeans → BELT
- Soft green material on a poker table → FELT
- Plunged → FELL
- The top + bottom rows = A hyphenated word describing someone who is highly educated through books. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → WELL
About Crossclimb #847
- Crossclimb #847 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: "It may hold up your jeans"; "Plunged"; "Quality of a danceable song"; "Soft green material on a poker table"; "Stone with a hole in it used in jewelry".
- The shortest, "Plunged", runs one word against nine for the longest; short, direct clues 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.