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The 719 Crossword
Friday, October 2, 2026 · the 719 history edition · Colorado
Pick a square — the clue you’re answering shows here.
4Inventor who ran a lab in the Springs in 1899 (5)
7What Cripple Creek was dug for (4)
9The 'City Above the Clouds' town in the 719 (12)
13Fort ___, the mountain post (6)
14Pueblo's old CF&I trade (5)
15___ Gorge, Canon City's high bridge (5)
Down
1The Springs' old chuckwagon ranch (7)
2Command inside Cheyenne Mountain (5)
3___ Shrine of the Sun, above the zoo (10)
5The falls at the top of South Cheyenne Canyon (10)
6Artus and Anne; the Springs pottery name (10)
8Fast-growing suburb east of the Springs (6)
10Broadmoor builder; the hospital's namesake (7)
11Sister gold camp to Cripple Creek (6)
12Steel City on the Arkansas (6)
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.
