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The 209 Crossword

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 · the 209 history edition · California
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Across

  1. 1Modesto landmark reading 'Water Wealth Contentment Health' (4)
  2. 4Turlock-area farm industry, in a word (5)
  3. 5Home of Stanislaus State (7)
  4. 10Community whose name is Spanish for 'departure' (6)
  5. 11First word of the Modesto arch motto (5)
  6. 12Gold Rush ferry town with the covered bridge; county seat 1862-71 (12)
  7. 14Town named for a railroad superintendent (6)
  8. 16County seat -- its Spanish name honors the rail man too 'modest' to take it (7)

Down

  1. 2Community famous for its big cheese visitor center (6)
  2. 3Gold-camp county seat on the Tuolumne before Modesto (8)
  3. 6Clingstone crop that made Hughson's name (5)
  4. 7Town that throws the Cheese & Wine festival (9)
  5. 8The county's name, and one of its rivers' (10)
  6. 9The 'Apricot Capital of the World' (9)
  7. 13Modesto winery founded 1933; grew into the world's largest (5)
  8. 15Oakdale's signature April weekend (5)

Every answer is the 209 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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