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Section // The Puzzle Desk Daily Crossword · No. 25 Puzzle Desk

The 718 Crossword

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

  1. 2___ Island, the People's Playground (5)
  2. 4___ Heights, along Eastern Parkway (5)
  3. 5The team that left Flatbush for L.A. in '57 (7)
  4. 6Neighborhood of two Chinatowns and big views (10)
  5. 7The neighborhood that started the whole hipster thing (12)
  6. 9The Dodgers' old home turf (8)
  7. 10The 1776 ___ of Brooklyn, biggest of the Revolution (6)
  8. 11Biggie's home blocks (7)
  9. 12___ Bay, the fishing fleet's harbor (10)

Down

  1. 1Oldest Dutch farmhouse still standing, ca. 1652 (7)
  2. 2The 'Eastern Parkway' town in the 718 (12)
  3. 3The 'The People's Playground' town in the 718 (11)
  4. 8___ Field, where Robinson broke the line (6)

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.