LinkedIn Crossclimb answer for Sunday, October 18: #901

The ladder, rung by rung

1. Baby bedsShow

   Crossclimb #901 clue 1: Baby beds → CRIBS

   CRIBS

   Cribs are beds with high sides made for babies.

2. Ten-legged creaturesShow

   Crossclimb #901 clue 2: Ten-legged creatures → CRABS

   CRABS

   Crabs are ten-legged sea creatures with a hard shell and claws.

3. Studies hard right before a testShow

   Crossclimb #901 clue 3: Studies hard right before a test → CRAMS

   CRAMS

   To cram is to study hard at the last minute right before a test.

4. StreetcarsShow

   Crossclimb #901 clue 4: Streetcars → TRAMS

   TRAMS

   Trams are streetcars, passenger vehicles that run on rails along city streets.

5. Microsoft's video messaging app, or groups of coworkers it might bring togetherShow

   Crossclimb #901 clue 5: Microsoft's video messaging app, or groups of coworkers it might bring together → TEAMS

   TEAMS

   Teams is the video messaging app from Microsoft, and also groups of coworkers who work together.

Top and bottom rungs

The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase for what a person sometimes does when receiving overwhelmingly good news. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.

Show top and bottom

Opens after the five rungs above.

CRIESTEARS

“cries tears”

1. CRIES sits at the top and is the first word in “cries tears”, with TEARS at the bottom as the second word.
2. CRIES is the first word and TEARS the second, making “cries tears”, what a person sometimes does on hearing overwhelmingly good news.

Crossclimb #901 letter changes

• CRIES → CRIBS: letter 4, E → B
• CRIBS → CRABS: letter 3, I → A
• CRABS → CRAMS: letter 4, B → M
• CRAMS → TRAMS: letter 1, C → T
• TRAMS → TEAMS: letter 2, R → E
• TEAMS → TEARS: letter 4, M → R