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The 719 Crossword
Saturday, October 3, 2026 · the 719 history edition · Colorado
Pick a square — the clue you’re answering shows here.
5Katharine Lee Bates wrote '___ the Beautiful' after the summit (7)
7___ of the Gods, the free red-rock park (6)
8___ Gorge, Canon City's high bridge (5)
9The 'City Above the Clouds' town in the 719 (12)
12Broadmoor builder; the hospital's namesake (7)
15___ Shrine of the Sun, above the zoo (10)
Down
1Inventor who ran a lab in the Springs in 1899 (5)
2Down-river town below Buena Vista (6)
3The falls at the top of South Cheyenne Canyon (10)
4Fast-growing suburb east of the Springs (6)
6Artus and Anne; the Springs pottery name (10)
10Steel City on the Arkansas (6)
11Colorado Springs' county (6)
13Command inside Cheyenne Mountain (5)
14What Cripple Creek was dug for (4)
Every answer is the 719 history or geography.
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across/down. New grid at midnight; “deal another” sets a second board off today’s shoe.
