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The 719 Crossword
Saturday, October 3, 2026 · the 719 history edition · Colorado
Pick a square — the clue you’re answering shows here.
2Inventor who ran a lab in the Springs in 1899 (5)
5Steel City on the Arkansas (6)
7Artus and Anne; the Springs pottery name (10)
8The 'City Above the Clouds' town in the 719 (12)
12Pueblo's open-face chile-smothered burger (7)
13Colorado Springs' county (6)
14___ Park, 'City Above the Clouds' (8)
15Sister gold camp to Cripple Creek (6)
Down
1The falls at the top of South Cheyenne Canyon (10)
3Pueblo's old CF&I trade (5)
4The Springs' old chuckwagon ranch (7)
6River through Pueblo and Canon City (8)
9___ City USA, per the training center (7)
10Command inside Cheyenne Mountain (5)
11What Cripple Creek was dug for (4)
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.
