LinkedIn Crossclimb answer for Friday, July 24: #815
LinkedIn Crossclimb #815 is the puzzle for Friday, July 24, 2026: a seven-rung word ladder, five clues and one clue shared by the top and bottom rungs.
Updated 1:08 PM PT, Nov 7
Puzzle date Friday, July 24
The ladder, rung by rung
The two end words complete an idiom about sensing the mood of a group before you act, and one rung in between is a tall plant growing in a marsh.
Tall grass that grows in a marsh, or the vibrating part of a woodwind instrument that creates sound
Crossclimb #815 clue 1: Tall grass that grows in a marsh, or the vibrating part of a woodwind instrument that creates sound → REED
REED
A reed is a tall marsh grass, and also the thin vibrating part of a woodwind instrument that makes the sound.
Short film, or the spool on which film is stored
Crossclimb #815 clue 2: Short film, or the spool on which film is stored → REEL
REEL
A reel is a short film clip, or the spool that film is wound onto.
Genuine
Crossclimb #815 clue 3: Genuine → REAL
REAL
Real means genuine, not fake.
500 sheets of paper
Crossclimb #815 clue 4: 500 sheets of paper → REAM
REAM
A ream is a standard bundle of 500 sheets of paper.
Wander around without a set destination
Crossclimb #815 clue 5: Wander around without a set destination → ROAM
ROAM
To roam is to wander around with no fixed destination.
Top and bottom rungs
The top + bottom rows = Two words that complete the idiom “___ the ___” meaning to get a sense of the mood of a group of people before acting or speaking. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
Opens after the five rungs above.
READROOM
READ fills the other blank in the idiom about gauging a group's mood, since to read is to interpret the signs of how people feel.
ROOM fills one of the two blanks in the idiom about gauging a group's mood, since a room is the space full of people whose mood you sense.