Today’s Crossclimb answer Past Crossclimb answers Crossclimb #871 LinkedIn Crossclimb answer for Friday, September 18: #871 LinkedIn Crossclimb #871 is the puzzle for Friday, September 18, 2026: a seven-rung word ladder, five clues and one clue shared by the top and bottom rungs.
The ladder, rung by rung Show a hint Show all rungs The two end words together name a mild, favorable breeze, and one rung in between is the tough skin of a citrus fruit.
The tops, quality-wise Show Crossclimb #871 clue 1: The tops, quality-wise → BEST BEST
Best means of the highest quality, so it describes the tops in quality terms.
Out of shape or crooked Show Crossclimb #871 clue 2: Out of shape or crooked → BENT BENT
Bent means out of shape or crooked, not straight.
Monthly apartment payment Show Crossclimb #871 clue 3: Monthly apartment payment → RENT RENT
Rent is the money paid each month to live in an apartment.
Crossclimb #871 clue 4: Tear apart → REND REND
To rend is to tear something apart.
Outer part of a lemon Show Crossclimb #871 clue 5: Outer part of a lemon → RIND RIND
A rind is the tough outer skin of a fruit such as a lemon.
Top and bottom rungs
The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase for an easterly current considered mild and favorable. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
Show top and bottom Opens after the five rungs above.
WEST WIND
“west wind”
WEST is the first word and WIND the second, making “west wind”, the mild, favorable breeze the clue describes. WIND sits at the bottom and is the second word in “west wind”, after WEST at the top. Crossclimb #871 letter changes WEST → BEST: letter 1, W → B BEST → BENT: letter 3, S → N BENT → RENT: letter 1, B → R RENT → REND: letter 4, T → D REND → RIND: letter 2, E → I RIND → WIND: letter 1, R → W Pinpoint #871 answer, same day
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Answer from LinkedIn’s puzzle for Friday, September 18, 2026. Explanations checked and edited by the Pinpoint Today editors. How we make these pages
Earlier puzzles Group of cattle, “Hit the nail on the ___” Places where you can safely see lions, Makes a sound like a dove Outside covering of a tree, Songbird whose name completes the phrase “on a ___”, meaning to do something impulsively or just for fun Aching a bit, as after a run, Opposite of less Crossclimb answers archive Questions about Crossclimb #871 What is the LinkedIn Crossclimb #871 answer? The ladder from top to bottom is WEST, BEST, BENT, RENT, REND, RIND, WIND.
What are the top and bottom words in Crossclimb #871? WEST is the top word and WIND is the bottom word; together they make “west wind”.
How does BEST become BENT in Crossclimb #871? Change letter 3 from S to N.