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Section // The Puzzle Desk Daily Crossword · No. 22 Puzzle Desk

The 719 Crossword

Monday, October 5, 2026 · the 719 history edition · Colorado
Pick a square — the clue you’re answering shows here.
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Across

  1. 1'America's Mountain' (9)
  2. 4Sister gold camp to Cripple Creek (6)
  3. 6Artus and Anne; the Springs pottery name (10)
  4. 8The 'City Above the Clouds' town in the 719 (12)
  5. 10Down-river town below Buena Vista (6)
  6. 12Manitou's near-vertical rail climb (7)
  7. 13Mineral-springs town at the peak's foot (7)
  8. 14___ Gorge, Canon City's high bridge (5)

Down

  1. 1Steel City on the Arkansas (6)
  2. 2The falls at the top of South Cheyenne Canyon (10)
  3. 3Cripple Creek's county (6)
  4. 5Fort ___, the mountain post (6)
  5. 7Town on the creek south of the Springs (8)
  6. 9Air Force ___ on the north end of the Springs (7)
  7. 11Pueblo's old CF&I trade (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.

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