LinkedIn Crossclimb answer for Sunday, August 30: #852
LinkedIn Crossclimb #852 is the puzzle for Sunday, August 30, 2026: a seven-rung word ladder, five clues and one clue shared by the top and bottom rungs.
Updated 12:09 PM PT, Nov 7
Puzzle date Sunday, August 30
The ladder, rung by rung
The two end words are a wheeled robot explorer on Mars and an icy object from space it photographed, and one rung between is a famous port city.
Have a strong desire for something that belongs to someone else
Crossclimb #852 clue 1: Have a strong desire for something that belongs to someone else → COVET
COVET
To covet is to have a strong desire for something that belongs to someone else.
Perform a new version of a song originally by another artist
Crossclimb #852 clue 2: Perform a new version of a song originally by another artist → COVER
COVER
A cover is a new version of a song that was originally recorded by another artist.
City in England with white cliffs
Crossclimb #852 clue 3: City in England with white cliffs → DOVER
DOVER
Dover is the English port city in Kent, famous for its white cliffs.
Scuba ___
Crossclimb #852 clue 4: Scuba ___ → DIVER
DIVER
A diver is the person in the phrase scuba diver, someone who swims underwater with breathing gear.
Mississippi or Nile, for example
Crossclimb #852 clue 5: Mississippi or Nile, for example → RIVER
RIVER
A river is a large natural stream of water, and the Mississippi and the Nile are both examples.
Top and bottom rungs
The top + bottom rows = What NASA's Perseverance is, and what it photographed from Mars on October 4, 2025. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
Opens after the five rungs above.
COMETROVER
COMET answers the second half of the clue: it is the icy body from space that Perseverance photographed from Mars in October 2025.
ROVER answers the first half of the clue: Perseverance is a rover, a wheeled vehicle that explores the surface of Mars.