Jersey City Crossword Puzzle (Neighborhood Character)
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- 2. Last name of the current president of the JCBOE?
- 4. Candidate for mayor
- 5. Since 1872, Northern NJ has been the capital of this fiber art, according to a sign on the highway
- 6. “Tea garden”; classic JC restaurant once known as The Hudson Royal
- 7. Last name of the current president of the JCBOE?
- 11. “A crooked family history,” first word in the title
- 14. First Jewish mayor; owned a rock candy business
- 15. Doo-wop group founded in JC in the 1960s that sang “You Belong To Me”
- 17. Beloved distillery, RIP
- 18. Candidate for mayor
- 19. Original occupants of what became Jersey City
- 21. A top resident complaint
- 22. Street that flanks NJCU
- 23. Youngest mayor in JC history
- 24. Mansion built in Greek Revival-style for a local physician; was once a YMCA
- 25. Acting mayor after Glenn Cunningham died in office
- 26. Cemetery with 267,000 burial plots and mausoleums
- 27. Got in trouble for “throwing hands” at the Newport Mall
- 28. Third most common language spoken in JC
- 31. Union located in Marion neighborhood
- 33. Church that is the oldest continuous congregation in the city
- 38. What you call JFK if you grew up here
- 39. “A crooked family history,” second word in the title
- 41. Candidate for mayor??
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- 1. Candidate for mayor??
- 3. Hispanic weekly publication distributed in the area
- 4. common local bird with distinctive call
- 8. Food writer Peter Genovese calls this the “best diner in NJ… there is no runner up either”
- 9. Her School for Crippled Children at Clifton Place from 1921 is now the A. Harry Moore School on JFK
- 10. “A crooked family history,” third word in the title
- 12. Bacteria found in JC water in 2020 that started a multi-day boil water advisory
- 13. The “diner of the future”
- 16. Used to be part of the Newport PATH station
- 20. Candidate for mayor
- 29. Architectural style that Jersey City is known for
- 30. Native of JC, trans icon, member of the House of Xtravaganza
- 32. Classic JSQ hotel built in the 1920s
- 34. Jersey shore town that Frank Hague summered in
- 35. Removed from office of the mayor because it was determined he wasn’t a citizen
- 36. Other street that flanks NJCU
- 37. According to Wikipedia, “[Newport] mall's official opening was on November 12, 1987, attended by New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean, Senator Frank Lautenberg," and these characters.
- 40. Along with pal Snooki, she was part of a reality TV show filmed in JC in 2012