LinkedIn Crossclimb #900 answer — October 17, 2026
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1Reading materialShow hint
Think of a bound stack of printed pages you might find on a shelf at the library.
2Kitchen taskShow hint
It means to prepare food by heating it, the kind of thing you do on a stove or in an oven.
3Pointed shapeShow hint
Picture a tapering, pointed shape, like the wafer that holds a scoop of ice cream.
4First lettersShow hint
The words start with: S · G · G · C · C · C · B.
5Today's Crossclimb ladderShow answer
- SONG
- GONG
- GONE
- CONE
- CONK
- COOK
- BOOK
Top to bottom — the first and last rungs unlock at the end.
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How to play Crossclimb
Crossclimb is a word ladder built from trivia clues: solve each clue, then drag the answers into an order where each word differs from the next by a single letter. The top and bottom rungs unlock last.