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The 719 Crossword

Saturday, October 3, 2026 · the 719 history edition · Colorado
Pick a square — the clue you’re answering shows here.
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Across

  1. 1River through Pueblo and Canon City (8)
  2. 5What Cripple Creek was dug for (4)
  3. 7Command inside Cheyenne Mountain (5)
  4. 8The 'City Above the Clouds' town in the 719 (12)
  5. 10The old toll road up past Cascade (7)
  6. 12Inventor who ran a lab in the Springs in 1899 (5)
  7. 13Cripple Creek's county (6)
  8. 14Steel City on the Arkansas (6)

Down

  1. 1Palmer's grand hotel, rebuilt twice (7)
  2. 2The falls at the top of South Cheyenne Canyon (10)
  3. 3Down-river town below Buena Vista (6)
  4. 4___ Shrine of the Sun, above the zoo (10)
  5. 5___ of the Gods, the free red-rock park (6)
  6. 6Artus and Anne; the Springs pottery name (10)
  7. 9General who founded Colorado Springs, 1871 (6)
  8. 11Pueblo'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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