LinkedIn Crossclimb 494 answer, : top to bottom: BALLED, WALLED, WAILED, BAILED, BOILED, BOWLED, BAWLED. Clues: ___ off (closed into separate spaces), Cried out in despair, Abandoned a commitment, Hard-___ egg, Rolled a ball and tried to get strikes and spares on a lane as a sport. Answered
- BALLED
- WALLED
___ off (closed into separate spaces): Crossclimb 494 Answer
- WAILED
Cried out in despair
- BAILED
Abandoned a commitment
- BOILED
Hard-___ egg
- BOWLED
Rolled a ball and tried to get strikes and spares on a lane as a sport
- BAWLED
BALLED and BAWLED: Two words that are homophones of each other, one meaning "wadded up into a sphere, as paper" and the other meaning "cried loudly."