LinkedIn CrossClimb #840
Reveal the ladder one rung at a time
1Start here+
FUEL is the opening endpoint and the energy-supply half of the phrase FUEL CELL.
Opening endpoint2Reveal rung 2+
FULL can mean stuffed after eating; FUEL → FULL changes only the third letter from E to L.
FUEL → FULL changes position 3 from E to L.3Reveal rung 3+
BULL is the animal used to symbolize a rising stock market; FULL → BULL changes only the first letter.
FULL → BULL changes position 1 from F to B.4Reveal rung 4+
BILL is a proposed law before it is enacted; BULL → BILL changes the second letter from U to I.
BULL → BILL changes position 2 from U to I.5Reveal rung 5+
WILL is the affirmative counterpart to won’t; BILL → WILL changes only the first letter.
BILL → WILL changes position 1 from B to W.6Reveal rung 6+
WELL is a source from which groundwater can be drawn; WILL → WELL changes the second letter from I to E.
WILL → WELL changes position 2 from I to E.7Final rung+
CELL is the final endpoint; WELL → CELL changes only the first letter and completes FUEL CELL.
WELL → CELL changes position 1 from W to C.Reveal the complete answer and endpoint connection
FUEL + CELL = FUEL CELL
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The structural clue
How the ladder gives itself away
BULL → BILL → WILL → WELL → CELL is the structural engine. Every rung ends in LL, so the lower five words can be ordered by changing only the first or second position while the ending stays parked.
- StepSolve the middle clues first: FULL for stuffed, BULL for the rising-market animal, BILL for something that may become law, WILL as the opposite of won’t, and WELL for a source of water.
- StepArrange them as FULL → BULL → BILL → WILL → WELL, checking that each neighboring pair changes exactly one of the first two letters.
- StepPlace FUEL above FULL and CELL below WELL. The endpoints combine as FUEL CELL, the device described by the shared clue.
Every rung explained
FUEL is the opening endpoint and the energy-supply half of the phrase FUEL CELL.
Opening endpointFULL can mean stuffed after eating; FUEL → FULL changes only the third letter from E to L.
FUEL → FULL changes position 3 from E to L.BULL is the animal used to symbolize a rising stock market; FULL → BULL changes only the first letter.
FULL → BULL changes position 1 from F to B.BILL is a proposed law before it is enacted; BULL → BILL changes the second letter from U to I.
BULL → BILL changes position 2 from U to I.WILL is the affirmative counterpart to won’t; BILL → WILL changes only the first letter.
BILL → WILL changes position 1 from B to W.WELL is a source from which groundwater can be drawn; WILL → WELL changes the second letter from I to E.
WILL → WELL changes position 2 from I to E.CELL is the final endpoint; WELL → CELL changes only the first letter and completes FUEL CELL.
WELL → CELL changes position 1 from W to C.What this edition teaches
When five consecutive answers share the same final pair, stop comparing whole words and inspect the two moving columns. This ladder runs on fuel cells, but its solving method runs on aggressively economical spelling changes.
Endpoint result: FUEL + CELL = FUEL CELL.
Continue without losing the plot
Nearby editions: #839 MISS → BOAT · #838 MUSSEL → FILLET