Crossclimb · No. 880 · Sunday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #880 Answer (Sep 27, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = Ocean vessels, and a word for a group of them. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- Small squares containing circuits
- Short segments from longer videos
- Turns over, as a playing card
- Plays with, as a kite
- Runs away from danger
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #880 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = Ocean vessels, and a word for a group of them. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → SHIPS
- Small squares containing circuits → CHIPS
- Short segments from longer videos → CLIPS
- Turns over, as a playing card → FLIPS
- Plays with, as a kite → FLIES
- Runs away from danger → FLEES
- The top + bottom rows = Ocean vessels, and a word for a group of them. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → FLEET
About Crossclimb #880
- Crossclimb #880 is a ladder of 7 5-letter words, each one letter away from the next.
- Listed alphabetically rather than in ladder order, the five middle clues are: "Plays with, as a kite"; "Runs away from danger"; "Short segments from longer videos"; "Small squares containing circuits"; "Turns over, as a playing card".
- The shortest, "Runs away from danger", runs four words against six for the longest.
- Two add 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.