Crossclimb · No. 849 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #849 Answer (Aug 27, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom words = Two words that complete the idiom “Easier ___ than ___.” Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- Produced an egg, as a hen
- Country, or the end of several country names
- Playing area used for ten-pin bowling
- Walking aid held in one hand
- Geometric shape with a circular base that rises to a single vertex
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #849 answer as text
- The top + bottom words = Two words that complete the idiom “Easier ___ than ___.” Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → SAID
- Produced an egg, as a hen → LAID
- Country, or the end of several country names → LAND
- Playing area used for ten-pin bowling → LANE
- Walking aid held in one hand → CANE
- Geometric shape with a circular base that rises to a single vertex → CONE
- The top + bottom words = Two words that complete the idiom “Easier ___ than ___.” Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → DONE
About Crossclimb #849
- Crossclimb #849 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: "Country, or the end of several country names"; "Geometric shape with a circular base that rises to a single vertex"; "Playing area used for ten-pin bowling"; "Produced an egg, as a hen"; "Walking aid held in one hand".
- The shortest, "Playing area used for ten-pin bowling", runs 6 words against 12 for the longest.
- 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.