LinkedIn Crossclimb answer for Monday, November 2: #916
LinkedIn Crossclimb #916 is the puzzle for Monday, November 2, 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 Monday, November 2
The ladder, rung by rung
The two end words are both terms for the leading performer in a production, and one rung in between is a large wild pig.
Fly high and majestically
Crossclimb #916 clue 1: Fly high and majestically → SOAR
SOAR
To soar is to fly high and majestically, like an eagle.
Type of wild pig
Crossclimb #916 clue 2: Type of wild pig → BOAR
BOAR
A boar is a wild pig.
Animal whose name also means "to tolerate"
Crossclimb #916 clue 3: Animal whose name also means "to tolerate" → BEAR
BEAR
A bear is an animal, and the verb bear also means to tolerate.
What a bird eats with
Crossclimb #916 clue 4: What a bird eats with → BEAK
BEAK
A beak is the hard mouth part a bird eats with.
A broken pipe or faucet may have one
Crossclimb #916 clue 5: A broken pipe or faucet may have one → LEAK
LEAK
A leak is a hole or crack where liquid escapes, as from a broken pipe or faucet.
Top and bottom rungs
The top + bottom rows = Two words for the most prominent actor in a play or film.
Opens after the five rungs above.
STARLEAD
Star answers one of the two synonyms: it is a word for the most prominent actor in a play or film.
Lead is the other synonym: it is the main actor in a play or film, as in the lead role.
