No problem, let's work through this together. We're starting with 88211 and are subtracting 62997 from it.

Step 1: We'll start by subtracting the digit 7 and the borrow 0 from 1 in column 1 and get -6.
We add -6 to 10 and get 4 as the first digit of the result.

Step 2: We'll start by subtracting the digit 9 and the borrow 1 from 1 in column 2 and get -9.
We add -9 to 10 and get 1 as the next digit of the result.

Step 3: We'll start by subtracting the digit 9 and the borrow 1 from 2 in column 3 and get -8.
We add -8 to 10 and get 2 as the next digit of the result.

Step 4: We'll start by subtracting the digit 2 and the borrow 1 from 8 in column 4 and get 5.
5 is the next digit of our result.

Step 5: We'll start by subtracting the digit 6 and the borrow 0 from 8 in column 5 and get 2.
2 is the next digit of our result.

So, 88211 - 62997 = 25214.