Crossclimb · No. 874 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #874 Answer (Sep 21, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = Two things attached to a boat's mast.
- Top rung
- ___-playing game
- Do a somersault
- Cost to drive on some roadways
- Work very hard
- Wagging appendage
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #874 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = Two things attached to a boat's mast. → ROPE
- ___-playing game → ROLE
- Do a somersault → ROLL
- Cost to drive on some roadways → TOLL
- Work very hard → TOIL
- Wagging appendage → TAIL
- The top + bottom rows = Two things attached to a boat's mast. → SAIL
About Crossclimb #874
- Crossclimb #874 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: "Cost to drive on some roadways"; "Do a somersault"; "Wagging appendage"; "Work very hard"; "___-playing game".
- The shortest, "Wagging appendage", runs two words against six for the longest.
- One is a fill-in-the-blank, 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.