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The 719 Crossword
Sunday, October 4, 2026 · the 719 history edition · Colorado
Pick a square — the clue you’re answering shows here.
5Inventor who ran a lab in the Springs in 1899 (5)
7What Cripple Creek was dug for (4)
8Artus and Anne; the Springs pottery name (10)
11The 'City Above the Clouds' town in the 719 (12)
12___ Shrine of the Sun, above the zoo (10)
14Steel City on the Arkansas (6)
15Cripple Creek's county (6)
16___ Gorge, Canon City's high bridge (5)
Down
1Fort ___, the mountain post (6)
3The falls at the top of South Cheyenne Canyon (10)
4General who founded Colorado Springs, 1871 (6)
6Command inside Cheyenne Mountain (5)
9___ of the Gods, the free red-rock park (6)
10Tri-Lakes town up on the divide (8)
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.
