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HTML
<a href="#" class="top-link">
<a href="/" class="sub-link1">clickable</a>
<a href="/" class="sub-link2">clickable</a>
<a href="/" class="sub-link3">clickable</a>
</a>
CSS
.top-link {
background:#333;
display:block;
position:relative;
z-index:1;
width:500px;
height:500px;
}
.sub-link1 {
background:#666;
display:block;
position:absolute;
bottom:5px;
z-index:3;
width:100px;
height:100px;
float:left
}
.sub-link2 {
background:#666;
display:block;
position:absolute;
bottom:5px;
left:200px;
z-index:3;
width:100px;
height:100px;
float:left
}
.sub-link3 {
background:#666;
display:block;
position:absolute;
bottom:5px;
left:340px;
z-index:3;
width:100px;
height:100px;
float:left
}