LinkedIn Crossclimb answer for Tuesday, September 22: #875
LinkedIn Crossclimb #875 is the puzzle for Tuesday, September 22, 2026: a seven-rung word ladder, five clues and one clue shared by the top and bottom rungs.
Updated 12:21 PM PT, Nov 7
Puzzle date Tuesday, September 22
The ladder, rung by rung
The two end words are a pair of dimensions, one running up and down and the other running across, and one rung in between is a fair salary.
Fairy ___ (bedtime story)
Crossclimb #875 clue 1: Fairy ___ (bedtime story) → TALE
TALE
A tale is a story, as in a fairy tale told at bedtime.
Drained of color
Crossclimb #875 clue 2: Drained of color → PALE
PALE
Pale means drained of color, light and washed out.
Either side of a sheet in a book
Crossclimb #875 clue 3: Either side of a sheet in a book → PAGE
PAGE
A page is one side of a sheet in a book.
Living ___ (fair salary)
Crossclimb #875 clue 4: Living ___ (fair salary) → WAGE
WAGE
A wage is the pay you earn for work, as in a living wage.
Walk in knee-deep water
Crossclimb #875 clue 5: Walk in knee-deep water → WADE
WADE
To wade is to walk through knee-deep water.
Top and bottom rungs
The top + bottom rows = A word meaning "long from top to bottom," and a word meaning "long from side to side." Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
Opens after the five rungs above.
TALLWIDE
Tall answers the first half of the clue: it means long from top to bottom, or of great height.
Wide answers the second half of the clue: it means long from side to side.