| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| STEP | Ladder lead-in |
| SCALA | Ladder, in Italy |
| SCALA | Ladder, in Lombardy |
| SCALA | Ladder, in Livorno |
| TOOT | Third word in the ladder |
| HOOT | Fourth word in the ladder |
| HOSE | Sixth word in the ladder |
| HOST | Fifth word in the ladder |
| TROT | Second word in the ladder |
| MBA | Asset in climbing the corp. ladder |
| RATLINE | Transverse rope in a rope ladder. |
| MBA | Aid in climbing the corp. ladder |
| POLL | Second word in the word ladder |
| STANDARDWORKDAY | Hint to the word ladder in the answers to the starred clues |
