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The 719 Crossword

Thursday, October 1, 2026 · the 719 history edition · Colorado
Pick a square — the clue you’re answering shows here.
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Across

  1. 3Palmer's grand hotel, rebuilt twice (7)
  2. 6Broadmoor builder; the hospital's namesake (7)
  3. 7Sister gold camp to Cripple Creek (6)
  4. 9Artus and Anne; the Springs pottery name (10)
  5. 10The 'City Above the Clouds' town in the 719 (12)
  6. 11___ Shrine of the Sun, above the zoo (10)
  7. 14___ Gorge, Canon City's high bridge (5)
  8. 15Inventor who ran a lab in the Springs in 1899 (5)
  9. 16___ Creek, the gold camp behind the peak (7)

Down

  1. 1Colorado Springs' county (6)
  2. 2Command inside Cheyenne Mountain (5)
  3. 4Pueblo's open-face chile-smothered burger (7)
  4. 5The falls at the top of South Cheyenne Canyon (10)
  5. 8The Springs' grand old hotel (9)
  6. 12What Cripple Creek was dug for (4)
  7. 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.

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