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Section // The Puzzle DeskDaily Crossword · No. 22Puzzle 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)
13Fort ___, the mountain post (6)
14What Cripple Creek was dug for (4)
15Pueblo's old CF&I trade (5)
16___ Gorge, Canon City's high bridge (5)
Down
1Mineral-springs town at the peak's foot (7)
2___ of the Gods, the free red-rock park (6)
4___ Shrine of the Sun, above the zoo (10)
5The falls at the top of South Cheyenne Canyon (10)
6Artus and Anne; the Springs pottery name (10)
8The old toll road up past Cascade (7)
9The Springs' old chuckwagon ranch (7)
11Sister gold camp to Cripple Creek (6)
12Steel City on the Arkansas (6)
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.
