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The 209 Crossword

Saturday, October 3, 2026 · the 209 history edition · California
Pick a square — the clue you’re answering shows here.
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Across

  1. 2Community whose name is Spanish for 'departure' (6)
  2. 3The 'Apricot Capital of the World' (9)
  3. 5Town that throws the Cheese & Wine festival (9)
  4. 8Gold Rush ferry town with the covered bridge; county seat 1862-71 (12)
  5. 10The 'Cowboy Capital of the World' (7)
  6. 13Clingstone crop that made Hughson's name (5)
  7. 14First word of the Modesto arch motto (5)

Down

  1. 1Community that held the county seat back in the 1850s (6)
  2. 2___ Railroad, running through Oakdale since 1897 (6)
  3. 4The county's name, and one of its rivers' (10)
  4. 6Town named for the Roman goddess of agriculture (5)
  5. 7Modesto's cruising festival each June, ___ Summer (8)
  6. 9Oakdale's signature April weekend (5)
  7. 11Modesto landmark reading 'Water Wealth Contentment Health' (4)
  8. 12Turlock-area farm industry, in a word (5)

Every answer is the 209 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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