LinkedIn Crossclimb answer for Sunday, October 25: #908
LinkedIn Crossclimb #908 is the puzzle for Sunday, October 25, 2026: a seven-rung word ladder, five clues and one clue shared by the top and bottom rungs.
Updated 12:39 PM PT, Nov 7
Puzzle date Sunday, October 25
The ladder, rung by rung
The two end words together name a tree grown for its sweet fruit, and one rung in between is a Japanese rice drink.
Give a score from 1 to 10, say
Crossclimb #908 clue 1: Give a score from 1 to 10, say → RATE
RATE
To rate something is to give it a score, such as 1 to 10.
Tool in a Zen garden
Crossclimb #908 clue 2: Tool in a Zen garden → RAKE
RAKE
A rake is the tool used to draw patterns in the sand of a Zen garden.
Alcoholic drink made from rice
Crossclimb #908 clue 3: Alcoholic drink made from rice → SAKE
SAKE
Sake is a Japanese alcoholic drink made from fermented rice.
Transaction at a shop
Crossclimb #908 clue 4: Transaction at a shop → SALE
SALE
A sale is a transaction in which goods are sold at a shop.
Lacking color
Crossclimb #908 clue 5: Lacking color → PALE
PALE
Pale means lacking color, like a face drained of blood.
Top and bottom rungs
The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase for a type of tree cultivated for its sweet fruit. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
Opens after the five rungs above.
DATEPALM
“date palm”
DATE is the first word and PALM the second, making “date palm”, a tree cultivated for its sweet fruit.
PALM sits at the bottom and is the second word in “date palm”, after DATE at the top.
