LinkedIn Crossclimb answer for Saturday, October 31: #914
LinkedIn Crossclimb #914 is the puzzle for Saturday, October 31, 2026: a seven-rung word ladder, five clues and one clue shared by the top and bottom rungs.
Updated 12:10 AM PT, Nov 7
Puzzle date Saturday, October 31
The ladder, rung by rung
The two end words together name the capture device used by trainers in a hugely popular monster-collecting game series, and one rung in between is a tool for smoothing nails.
What someone must pay before leaving the restaurant
Crossclimb #914 clue 1: What someone must pay before leaving the restaurant → BILL
BILL
A bill is the written list of charges you must pay before leaving a restaurant.
___-in-the-blank
Crossclimb #914 clue 2: ___-in-the-blank → FILL
FILL
Fill goes in the phrase “fill-in-the-blank”, where you write a word into an empty space.
You might use it on your nails
Crossclimb #914 clue 3: You might use it on your nails → FILE
FILE
A file is a rough tool you rub on your nails to shape and smooth them.
Heap
Crossclimb #914 clue 4: Heap → PILE
PILE
A pile is a heap, meaning a lot of things stacked up together.
What a gondolier uses for propulsion
Crossclimb #914 clue 5: What a gondolier uses for propulsion → POLE
POLE
A pole is the long stick a gondolier pushes against the bottom to move the boat.
Top and bottom rungs
The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase for a sphere for catching creatures in a massively popular game series. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
Opens after the five rungs above.
BALLPOKE
“poke ball”
POKE is the first word and BALL the second, making “poke ball”, the sphere used to catch creatures in the game series.
POKE sits at the bottom but is the first word in “poke ball”, with BALL at the top as the second word.
