Everyday Puzzles Cladder Answers September 21, 2026

Cladder starts from HIKES and gives ten clues; each answer changes one letter of the word before it. All ten steps for September 21, 2026:

Step	Clue	Answer
1	Took a walk in the woods	HIKED
2	Took on an employee	HIRED
3	Dismissed from a job	FIRED
4	Issued a monetary penalty	FINED
5	A face wrinkled with worry	LINED
6	Tidy rows	LINES
7	Conifers with needles and seed-bearing cones	PINES
8	Heaps, mounds	PILES
9	Small medical tablets	PILLS
10	Electoral surveys	POLLS

Answers checked against the Daily Cladder published on September 21, 2026.