Crossclimb · No. 862 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #862 Answer (Sep 9, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase for tasty pastries for carnivores. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- Clean and organized
- Close by
- Fruit shaped like a teardrop
- Colleague who is an equal to you in age, job, and/or social status
- Raised walkway that extends from the shore over water
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #862 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase for tasty pastries for carnivores. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → MEAT
- Clean and organized → NEAT
- Close by → NEAR
- Fruit shaped like a teardrop → PEAR
- Colleague who is an equal to you in age, job, and/or social status → PEER
- Raised walkway that extends from the shore over water → PIER
- The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase for tasty pastries for carnivores. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → PIES
About Crossclimb #862
- Crossclimb #862 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: "Clean and organized"; "Close by"; "Colleague who is an equal to you in age, job, and/or social status"; "Fruit shaped like a teardrop"; "Raised walkway that extends from the shore over water".
- The shortest, "Close by", runs 2 words against 13 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.