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The 209 Crossword

Friday, October 2, 2026 · the 209 history edition · California
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Across

  1. 2Community whose name is Spanish for 'departure' (6)
  2. 4___ Railroad, running through Oakdale since 1897 (6)
  3. 8The 'Apricot Capital of the World' (9)
  4. 9Town named for the Roman goddess of agriculture (5)
  5. 10Gold Rush ferry town with the covered bridge; county seat 1862-71 (12)
  6. 15Clingstone crop that made Hughson's name (5)
  7. 16Gold-camp county seat on the Tuolumne before Modesto (8)

Down

  1. 1Town that throws the Cheese & Wine festival (9)
  2. 3Orchard nut that pays a lot of county bills (6)
  3. 5Modesto native who directed 'American Graffiti' and 'Star Wars' (5)
  4. 6The county's name, and one of its rivers' (10)
  5. 7Modesto landmark reading 'Water Wealth Contentment Health' (4)
  6. 11Fruit-packing town with the Fruit & Nut Festival (7)
  7. 12Community that held the county seat back in the 1850s (6)
  8. 13Oakdale's signature April weekend (5)
  9. 14First word of the Modesto arch motto (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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