Crossclimb · No. 856 · Thursday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #856 Answer (Sep 3, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase for a municipal government building. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- Raised bit of land that's smaller than a mountain
- Drawer that stores money in a cash register
- You may pay it to go over a bridge
- Screwdriver, chisel, or hammer
- Colloquial term for an animated TV show
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #856 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase for a municipal government building. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → HALL
- Raised bit of land that's smaller than a mountain → HILL
- Drawer that stores money in a cash register → TILL
- You may pay it to go over a bridge → TOLL
- Screwdriver, chisel, or hammer → TOOL
- Colloquial term for an animated TV show → TOON
- The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase for a municipal government building. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → TOWN
About Crossclimb #856
- Crossclimb #856 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: "Colloquial term for an animated TV show"; "Drawer that stores money in a cash register"; "Raised bit of land that's smaller than a mountain"; "Screwdriver, chisel, or hammer"; "You may pay it to go over a bridge".
- The shortest, "Screwdriver, chisel, or hammer", runs four words against nine 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.