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Section // The Puzzle Desk Daily Crossword · No. 17 Puzzle Desk

The 719 Crossword

Sunday, October 4, 2026 · the 719 history edition · Colorado
Pick a square — the clue you’re answering shows here.
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Across

  1. 1Broadmoor builder; the hospital's namesake (7)
  2. 4Sister gold camp to Cripple Creek (6)
  3. 6Artus and Anne; the Springs pottery name (10)
  4. 9The 'City Above the Clouds' town in the 719 (12)
  5. 10What Cripple Creek was dug for (4)
  6. 12Pueblo's open-face chile-smothered burger (7)
  7. 13Command inside Cheyenne Mountain (5)
  8. 14Air Force ___ on the north end of the Springs (7)

Down

  1. 1General who founded Colorado Springs, 1871 (6)
  2. 2The falls at the top of South Cheyenne Canyon (10)
  3. 3Pueblo's old CF&I trade (5)
  4. 5Fort ___, the mountain post (6)
  5. 7___ Park, 'City Above the Clouds' (8)
  6. 8___ Creek, the gold camp behind the peak (7)
  7. 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.

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