Word "LADDER" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a row of unravelled stitches
Synonyms:
ravel, run

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
Synonyms:
run

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
Examples:
he climbed the career ladder

Crossword Clues for LADDER

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Clue Source Date
Left snake for its opposite (6) The Guardian Cryptic 31 Jul 2025
Portable steps (6) Mirror Quick 22 Jul 2025
Steps that may be taken (6) Mirror Cryptic 22 Jul 2025
Roofer's need Thomas Joseph 19 Jul 2025
*Portable stairs attached to 31a that lets 16a access heights and rescue those in fright!
Lead doctor organised portable steps(6)
Portable steps The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 10 Jul 2025
A climbing aid with rungs (6)
Firefighter's climbing device (6)
Step on it! You're on the way up!
Steps out from the toolshed? (6)
Series of rungs (6) Mirror Quick 15 Jun 2025
Steps that may be taken (6) Mirror Cryptic 15 Jun 2025
Way to ascend
Steps on a large snake (6)
It is made to scale (6)
Fire engine gear Commuter 28 May 2025
Steps that may be taken Mirror Cryptic 25 May 2025
Eloper's need, sometimes
Series of rungs Mirror Quick 25 May 2025
Competition points table (6)
*Portable stairs attached to 31a that lets 16a access heights and rescue those in fright!
Fall, ultimately, with snake - or rise with this? (6)
Steps that may be taken Mirror Cryptic 31 Mar 2025
Set of rungs Mirror Quick 31 Mar 2025
Level headed viper as opposed to a game snake (6)
A fireman may use it, but it ruins the hose! (6)
Left snake on the run (6)
Firemen use it, but it ruins the hose (6)
Steps that may be taken Mirror Cryptic 09 Mar 2025
Set of rungs Mirror Quick 09 Mar 2025
Portable frame used for climbing (6)
One may scale it to a run in knitwear (6)
Scaling device (6)
Equipment for cleaning a gutter USA Today 02 Mar 2025
Boy Blue it's not, climbing the steps! (6)
The firefighter may use it, but it will ruin the hose! (6)
Item on a fire truck New York Times 28 Jan 2025
Hook and __ Commuter 25 Jan 2025
Fireman's aid
Roofer's need Wall Street Journal 08 Jan 2025
Firemen will use it, though it may ruin the hose (6)
Learner dared to move window cleaner's accessory (6)
Run from one side, dead worried, to the other (6)
At 50, you see a snake and find a means of getting higher (6)
Exterior painter's need
Large snake used to climb on roof (6)
A run in silk stockings? (6)
Defect in the hose firefighters use (6)
Left snake under steps (6)
When a lad goes red, he needs help to get to the top
Climbing device The Telegraph Quick 08 Nov 2024
Student in front of snake - run! (6)
Maybe mind readers, Alf, but it goes up to come down (8,6)
Portable steps Mirror Quick 29 Oct 2024
Run left before snake Mirror Cryptic 29 Oct 2024
Hook and -
Jacob's ___, 1990 horror film starring Tim Robbins and Elizabeth Pe'a (6)
The fireman may use it, but it will ruin the hose! (6)
Run for fireman's climbing equipment (6) Puzzler Cryptic 19 Oct 2024
Firetruck necessity Eugene Sheffer 18 Oct 2024
Run from a builder's yard (6)
Set of steps The Sun Two Speed 16 Oct 2024
Defect in hose that fireman uses The Sun Two Speed 16 Oct 2024
Piece of equipment with rungs (6)
Steps that may be taken Mirror Cryptic 08 Oct 2024
Portable steps Mirror Quick 08 Oct 2024
Run that can be taken rung by rung (6)
Jacob's ___ is a name for polemonium (6)
Climbing aid with rungs The Sun Mini 18 Sep 2024
Portable steps Mirror Quick 17 Sep 2024
Steps that may be taken Mirror Cryptic 17 Sep 2024
Young chap sore after returning decorator's aid (6)
Runged climbing apparatus (6)
The boy, dear, didn't get a run (6)
Steps that can be taken Mirror Cryptic 25 Aug 2024
Set of rungs Mirror Quick 25 Aug 2024
Firemen use it though it may ruin the hose
Run after the boy, a shade upset (6)
Finale of Blackpool's summer run (6) The Guardian Cryptic 16 Jul 2024
It helps you to reach new heights (6)
Means of climbing in a classic board game Universal 03 Jul 2024
Means of getting high
A large snake found in the garden shed? (6)
Left snake under the steps (6)
A run in a stocking (6)
Left "Snake found in tool shed" (6)
Climbing device with rungs (6)
Way up in a board game? The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 22 May 2024
*Portable stairs attached to 31a that lets 16a access heights and rescue those in fright!
A thing with rungs for climbing (6)
Sharp rebuke "___, Brute?" Firefighter's extendable equipment
Defect in hose that's used by firemen
Two parallel poles connected by rungs (6)
Aid for climbing
Rip in tights (6)
A run of rungs (6)
Cherrypicker's extension
With which to scale a run in hose (6)
Run, taking steps (6) Puzzler Cryptic 06 Mar 2024
Run in a pair of tights The Times Concise 04 Mar 2024
Hook and ___ (fire truck gear)
Large snake making us run (6)
A help with DIY jobs you're not up to (6)
Run -there are steps on that (6)
Young man gets embarrassed about flaw in tights (6)
A scaling device (6)
Thing with rungs Premier Sunday 17 Dec 2023
Set of steps The Times Concise 09 Dec 2023
Steps that may be taken Mirror Cryptic 08 Dec 2023
Set of rungs Mirror Quick 08 Dec 2023
Set of steps The Sun Two Speed 05 Dec 2023
Problem with stocking roofer's equipment The Sun Two Speed 05 Dec 2023
Firetruck necessity Eugene Sheffer 02 Dec 2023
Set of rungs Mirror Quick 02 Dec 2023
Steps that may be taken Mirror Cryptic 02 Dec 2023
Fireman's tool with many steps
Walking under one is supposedly bad luck USA Today 02 Oct 2023
Treehouse feature
Run for an aid to climbing The Times Cryptic 26 Apr 2023
Large snake? Run! The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Apr 2023
A firetruck has one
Fire truck attachment
Treehouse access need
Snake seen behind opening in lavatory, run! The Times Cryptic 13 Sep 2022
Run The Times Concise 03 Jul 2022
Run; steps The Telegraph Quick 17 Jun 2022
Large snake -- run! The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Jun 2022
Eloper's need Canadiana 06 Jun 2022
Metaphor for advancement Newsday 06 May 2022
Female endlessly angry about problem with tights?
Female endlessly angry about problem with tights? The Guardian Quiptic 28 Mar 2022
Means of ascent The Guardian Quick 22 Feb 2022
Set of steps Irish Times Simplex 20 Jan 2022
Piece of equipment for hanging Christmas lights Universal 17 Dec 2021
Climbing aid The Telegraph Quick 13 Dec 2021
Hierarchical structure The Times Concise 10 Dec 2021
Climbing frame Irish Times Simplex 19 Nov 2021
Word after "corporate" or "rope" Universal 17 Nov 2021
Roofer's need LA Times Daily 09 Oct 2021
Roofer's need The Washington Post 09 Oct 2021
Initially land next to snake here? The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Aug 2021
Firetruck apparatus The Washington Post Sunday 27 Jun 2021
Series of steps Wall Street Journal 25 Jun 2021
Large snake -- not something one wants to find in one's tights The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Jun 2021
Roofer's need Thomas Joseph 06 May 2021
Large snake's means of climbing
Tool for firefighter training Newsday 11 Apr 2021
Defect in hose that fireman uses The Sun Two Speed 06 Apr 2021
Set of steps Irish Times Simplex 06 Apr 2021
Set of steps The Sun Two Speed 06 Apr 2021
Run in a stocking The Times Concise 05 Jan 2021
For those taking steps to take head off inflated type blown-up in football? Irish Times Crosaire 30 Nov 2020
Left one building up steps
Set of steps left by counter? The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Nov 2020
Long summer aid to get high
Large snake's scaling device
Sets of steps leading to large snake Irish Times Crosaire 09 Jul 2020
Climbing frame Irish Times Simplex 01 Jul 2020
Problem with stocking roofer's equipment The Sun Two Speed 24 Jun 2020
Set of steps made to scale?
It's drawn to scale Newsday 23 May 2020
League standings format New York Times 13 Mar 2020
Climbing aid The Times Concise 04 Mar 2020
Run in stockings The Times Concise 15 Feb 2020
Used to get high in long summer
Run summer league at first
Lugosi is the lead taking on The Count for a particular run in a tight situation? Irish Times Crosaire 20 Dec 2019
Feature of game linked primarily with snake?
More than a snake, but less than a bodily organ New York Times 05 Sep 2019
Steps taken by the upwardly mobile?
Run from large snake The Telegraph Toughie 23 Aug 2019
Firetruck necessity Eugene Sheffer 23 Apr 2019
Platform connector in Donkey Kong The Washington Post Sunday 31 Mar 2019
Support for climber that's hammered in bed ... The Telegraph Toughie 22 Feb 2019
Youngster looking flushed mounted steps
More than a snake, but less than a bodily organ
Fire engine gear Newsday 02 Dec 2018
Fire-truck gear with steps Newsday 05 Nov 2018
Corporate structure? Universal 20 Oct 2018
Fire engine attachment Universal 26 Sep 2018
Run, don't walk beneath it!
. Boy comes before daughter and ‘that woman without husband' in pecking order
Run in hose -- it's needed by firemen The Telegraph Cryptic 09 May 2018
Climbing structure The Times Concise 29 Mar 2018
Lugosi is the lead taking on The Count for a particular run, in a tight situation? Irish Times Crosaire 21 Mar 2018
Way up, for some Universal 24 Jan 2018
Climbing aid The Sun Two Speed 06 Jan 2018
Run for fireman's climbing equipment The Sun Two Speed 06 Jan 2018
Corporate structure?
Fire engine attachment
Way up, for some
Problem with hose that firemen often raise The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Oct 2017
Problem with stocking large computer
Defect in hose used by firemen
Gets around those snaky types on the gamey board Irish Times Crosaire 02 Sep 2017
Set of rungs The Telegraph Quick 20 Aug 2017
It can take you higher Universal 14 Aug 2017
Peril ultimately with snake? Run!
Climbing aid The Telegraph Quick 16 Jan 2017
It can take you higher
Large snake? It's something different on board! The Times Cryptic 07 Nov 2016
Don't open bag — run!
Corporate way up The Washington Post 06 Jun 2016
Set of steps for getting one over on the snaky figure Irish Times Crosaire 17 Mar 2016
Run from 23 under opening in lederhosen
Hook's partner Eugene Sheffer 12 Sep 2015
One making ace lace, perhaps, seeing flaw in underwear
Start to land on snake here? No The Telegraph Toughie 25 Mar 2015
Youngster embarrassed to turn up for run
House painter's need Wall Street Journal 09 Jan 2015
House painter's need
Set of steps left by counter?
Live snake with its partner on board
Half a century, one counting as a run
House-painter's need
Run from large snake
Hook's companion?
Treehouse feature
Treehouse feature
Fire truck feature
Painter's aid
Fire engine device
Fire engine gear
Fire-truck gear
It helps you get a leg up
House painter's need
Route to the roof
Intraclub competition rankings
Item on a fire engine
Structure for climbing
Stocking run
Firefighter's gear
Eloper's need, maybe
Fire engine gear
Fire engine gear
Hierarchy
Hook's partner
Hook's companion
Path to success
Hook's counterpart
Library device
Hook's counterpart
Fireman's device
Hook partner
Corporate ___
Roofer's need
Corporate structure?
Path to success
Roofer's need
Bad luck to walk under it
Route to the roof
Eloper's need, maybe
"___ of Roses," 1915 song
Fireman's need
Elopement need, maybe
House painter's need
Stocking run
Roofer's need
Elopers' need?
Elopers' aid
Jacob's vision
Run, British style
Nylon damage
Fire-engine appurtenance
Subject of Jacob's dream
House-painter's need
Elopers' need
Way up.
Nylon run.
Steps.
Means of ascension.
Homeowner's equipment.
Casanova's means of escape.
Run in Bea Lillie's hose
Elevator.
Run.
Bad luck when subambulated.
Hook's companion.
Jacob's ___.
Fire escape.
What Jacob saw in a dream.
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