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The 719 Crossword

Pick a square — the clue you’re answering shows here.
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Across

  1. 1Down-river town below Buena Vista (6)
  2. 5What Cripple Creek was dug for (4)
  3. 6Artus and Anne; the Springs pottery name (10)
  4. 8The 'City Above the Clouds' town in the 719 (12)
  5. 12Fast-growing suburb east of the Springs (6)
  6. 13Inventor who ran a lab in the Springs in 1899 (5)
  7. 14Pueblo's old CF&I trade (5)
  8. 15Manitou's near-vertical rail climb (7)

Down

  1. 1The falls at the top of South Cheyenne Canyon (10)
  2. 2General who founded Colorado Springs, 1871 (6)
  3. 3___ Shrine of the Sun, above the zoo (10)
  4. 4Command inside Cheyenne Mountain (5)
  5. 7___ of the Gods, the free red-rock park (6)
  6. 9Broadmoor builder; the hospital's namesake (7)
  7. 10Sister gold camp to Cripple Creek (6)
  8. 11___ Gorge, Canon City's high bridge (5)

Every answer is the 719 history or geography. Wrong letters turn red on Check grid — tap a square twice to switch across/down. New grid at midnight; “deal another” sets a second board off today’s shoe.