Crossclimb · No. 848 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #848 Answer (Aug 26, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = A compound word for transferring data from an online source to a local computer. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- “The ___ of the Rings” (fantasy epic published in three parts)
- Word after power, spinal, or vocal
- Vegetable that can be eaten “on the cob”
- Ripped apart, as scraps of paper
- Human residential area smaller than a city
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #848 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = A compound word for transferring data from an online source to a local computer. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → LOAD
- “The ___ of the Rings” (fantasy epic published in three parts) → LORD
- Word after power, spinal, or vocal → CORD
- Vegetable that can be eaten “on the cob” → CORN
- Ripped apart, as scraps of paper → TORN
- Human residential area smaller than a city → TOWN
- The top + bottom rows = A compound word for transferring data from an online source to a local computer. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → DOWN
About Crossclimb #848
- Crossclimb #848 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: "Human residential area smaller than a city"; "Ripped apart, as scraps of paper"; "Vegetable that can be eaten 'on the cob'"; "Word after power, spinal, or vocal"; "'The ___ of the Rings' (fantasy epic published in three parts)".
- The shortest, "Ripped apart, as scraps of paper", runs 6 words against 11 for the longest.
- One is a fill-in-the-blank and two add 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.