Crossclimb · No. 853 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #853 Answer (Aug 31, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = A compound word for an organized list of what will happen and when, which may help to track a work project. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- Grow weary from activity
- Employ someone to join a work team
- Home for bees
- Number of stars in many top ratings
- Satisfactory, or amount paid as a penalty
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #853 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = A compound word for an organized list of what will happen and when, which may help to track a work project. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → TIME
- Grow weary from activity → TIRE
- Employ someone to join a work team → HIRE
- Home for bees → HIVE
- Number of stars in many top ratings → FIVE
- Satisfactory, or amount paid as a penalty → FINE
- The top + bottom rows = A compound word for an organized list of what will happen and when, which may help to track a work project. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → LINE
About Crossclimb #853
- Crossclimb #853 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: "Employ someone to join a work team"; "Grow weary from activity"; "Home for bees"; "Number of stars in many top ratings"; "Satisfactory, or amount paid as a penalty".
- The shortest, "Home for bees", runs three words against seven 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.