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Section // The Puzzle DeskDaily Crossword · No. 18Puzzle Desk
The 719 Crossword
Sunday, October 4, 2026 · the 719 history edition · Colorado
Pick a square — the clue you’re answering shows here.
10The 'City Above the Clouds' town in the 719 (12)
11___ Shrine of the Sun, above the zoo (10)
14The Springs' old chuckwagon ranch (7)
Down
1___ Creek, the gold camp behind the peak (7)
2What Cripple Creek was dug for (4)
3General who founded Colorado Springs, 1871 (6)
4The falls at the top of South Cheyenne Canyon (10)
5Cripple Creek's county (6)
7The 'Royal Gorge Door' town in the 719 (8)
9___ of the Gods, the free red-rock park (6)
12___ Gorge, Canon City's high bridge (5)
13Pueblo's old CF&I trade (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.
