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Section // The Puzzle Desk Daily Crossword Puzzle Desk

The 718 Crossword

Pick a square — the clue you’re answering shows here.
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Across

  1. 1Coney Island's wooden coaster (7)
  2. 4Where the Missouri and the Arizona were built (8)
  3. 5___ Island, the People's Playground (5)
  4. 6Northside arts district (8)
  5. 10The neighborhood that started the whole hipster thing (12)
  6. 11The team that left Flatbush for L.A. in '57 (7)

Down

  1. 1The 'Eastern Parkway' town in the 718 (12)
  2. 2The 'The People's Playground' town in the 718 (11)
  3. 3___ Heights, along Eastern Parkway (5)
  4. 7Neighborhood of two Chinatowns and big views (10)
  5. 8Neighborhood at the Verrazzano's Brooklyn end (8)
  6. 9___ Park, Olmsted's Brooklyn green (8)

Every answer is the 718 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.