It may hold up your jeans

The answer to “It may hold up your jeans” in LinkedIn Crossclimb on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 is BELT — a 4-letter word, and rung 3 of that day's ladder. Crossclimb is a word ladder, so this isn't just a trivia answer: BELT has to fit both the clue and the one-letter chain running through the puzzle. Below you'll find why it fits, exactly where it sits in the ladder, and links to the day's other clues if more than one rung is giving you trouble.

“It may hold up your jeans” answer

The Crossclimb answer for “It may hold up your jeans” (Tuesday, August 25, 2026) is:

BELT

You can also reveal it one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather keep some of the challenge.

Why the answer is BELT

From FELT you change the first letter of FELT from F to B to reach BELT, then change the third letter of BELT from L to A to get BEAT.

How BELT fits the ladder

Crossclimb stacks 7 words where each one changes a single letter from the word above it. Here's the full ladder for August 25, 2026, with “It may hold up your jeans” highlighted:

BELT sits at rung 3: from FELT you change the first letter of FELT from F to B to reach BELT, then change the third letter of BELT from L to A to get BEAT. Each neighbouring rung is exactly one letter away, which is how you can derive BELT even if the clue alone stumps you — solve a neighbour and the single-letter rule points straight here.

More clues from this Crossclimb puzzle

Stuck on another rung? Here are the other clues from the August 25, 2026 ladder — tap any for its answer and where it sits in the chain:

• Plunged → FELL
• Soft green material on a poker table → FELT
• Quality of a danceable song → BEAT
• Stone with a hole in it used in jewelry → BEAD

Want the whole ladder in one place, including the top and bottom words? The full August 25, 2026 solution is on that day's Crossclimb answers page, and today's live Crossclimb answers are always one tap from the main Crossclimb page.

About LinkedIn Crossclimb

Crossclimb is one of LinkedIn's daily games: solve short trivia clues to fill a ladder of words, where each word changes just one letter from the one above it, then order the rungs so the chain holds. Completing the middle rungs unlocks the top and bottom words, which are easier because they must fit the letters already in place. A new puzzle drops every day at midnight Pacific Time (3:00 a.m. Eastern), and it's free to play at LinkedIn Games. This was a Tuesday puzzle.

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