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Section // The Puzzle Desk Daily Crossword · No. 16 Puzzle Desk

The 719 Crossword

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

  1. 2Down-river town below Buena Vista (6)
  2. 4Sister gold camp to Cripple Creek (6)
  3. 8What Cripple Creek was dug for (4)
  4. 9The 'City Above the Clouds' town in the 719 (12)
  5. 12Command inside Cheyenne Mountain (5)
  6. 13Palmer's grand hotel, rebuilt twice (7)
  7. 14Pueblo's old CF&I trade (5)

Down

  1. 1The Springs' old chuckwagon ranch (7)
  2. 2The falls at the top of South Cheyenne Canyon (10)
  3. 3___ Shrine of the Sun, above the zoo (10)
  4. 5Fort ___, the mountain post (6)
  5. 6Artus and Anne; the Springs pottery name (10)
  6. 7___ Creek, the gold camp behind the peak (7)
  7. 10Colorado Springs' county (6)
  8. 11___ Gorge, Canon City's high bridge (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.