Crossclimb · No. 881 · Monday edition
LinkedIn Crossclimb #881 Answer (Sep 28, 2026)
Top & bottom: The top + bottom rows = The uppermost and lowermost body parts, as in "from my ___ to my ___." Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
- Top rung
- Casual shirts named for the 20th letter of the alphabet
- Creatures who live in hives
- Stout, porter, or pale ale
- Word following "brown," "black," or "polar"
- Necklace part, or drop of sweat
- Bottom rung
Hint: Solve the middle clues first; neighboring words differ by exactly one letter.
Show Crossclimb #881 answer as text
- The top + bottom rows = The uppermost and lowermost body parts, as in "from my ___ to my ___." Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → TOES
- Casual shirts named for the 20th letter of the alphabet → TEES
- Creatures who live in hives → BEES
- Stout, porter, or pale ale → BEER
- Word following "brown," "black," or "polar" → BEAR
- Necklace part, or drop of sweat → BEAD
- The top + bottom rows = The uppermost and lowermost body parts, as in "from my ___ to my ___." Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom. → HEAD
About Crossclimb #881
- Crossclimb #881 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: "Casual shirts named for the 20th letter of the alphabet"; "Creatures who live in hives"; "Necklace part, or drop of sweat"; "Stout, porter, or pale ale"; "Word following 'brown,' 'black,' or 'polar'".
- The shortest, "Creatures who live in hives", runs five words against ten 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.