Cable Cars Crossword Puzzle

About the Cable Cars Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers cable-powered transportation, from San Francisco’s historic streetcars to aerial tramways that climb mountain slopes. Look for terms such as Gripman, Gondola Lift, and Counterweight, along with places and rides including Nob Hill and the Roosevelt Island Tramway. It’s a good fit for anyone interested in transit, engineering, city landmarks, or scenic travel.

This crossword draws on 32 clues about Cable Cars. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Suspended passenger route above ground (13 letters)
• •Machinery recess beneath a street (8 letters)
• •Mountain ride with dangling seats (9 letters)
• •Enclosed passenger pod suspended from a moving line (7 letters)
• •Operator controlling a historic streetcar (7 letters)
• •Upscale district atop a steep rise (7 letters)
• •Neighborhood near Lombard's famously crooked stretch (11 letters)
• •Tall support holding an elevated transport line (5 letters)

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