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Section // The Puzzle DeskDaily Crossword · No. 23Puzzle Desk
The 719 Crossword
Monday, October 5, 2026 · the 719 history edition · Colorado
Pick a square — the clue you’re answering shows here.
1Inventor who ran a lab in the Springs in 1899 (5)
5Cripple Creek's county (6)
9Manitou's near-vertical rail climb (7)
10Colorado Springs' county (6)
12The 'City Above the Clouds' town in the 719 (12)
15Fort ___, the mountain post (6)
16Pueblo's old CF&I trade (5)
Down
2The falls at the top of South Cheyenne Canyon (10)
3Cañon City's county (7)
4Down-river town below Buena Vista (6)
6___ Shrine of the Sun, above the zoo (10)
7___ City USA, per the training center (7)
8Artus and Anne; the Springs pottery name (10)
11Tri-Lakes town up on the divide (8)
13Fast-growing suburb east of the Springs (6)
14What Cripple Creek was dug for (4)
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.
