Crossclimb · No. 875 · Tuesday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #875 Answer (Sep 22, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = A word meaning "long from top to bottom," and a word meaning "long from side to side." Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- Walk in knee-deep water
- Living ___ (fair salary)
- Either side of a sheet in a book
- Drained of color
- Fairy ___ (bedtime story)
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #875 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = A word meaning "long from top to bottom," and a word meaning "long from side to side." Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → WIDE
- Walk in knee-deep water → WADE
- Living ___ (fair salary) → WAGE
- Either side of a sheet in a book → PAGE
- Drained of color → PALE
- Fairy ___ (bedtime story) → TALE
- The top + bottom rows = A word meaning "long from top to bottom," and a word meaning "long from side to side." Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → TALL
About Crossclimb #875
- Crossclimb #875 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: "Drained of color"; "Either side of a sheet in a book"; "Fairy ___ (bedtime story)"; "Living ___ (fair salary)"; "Walk in knee-deep water".
- The shortest, "Drained of color", runs three words against eight for the longest.
- Two are fill-in-the-blanks, 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.