Do you know Maricopa? Try your hand at the first of our series of crossword puzzles based  on Page 45 of the October issue of InMaricopa. Then check your answers below:

 
Across                          Down
3. Advisory                  1. Pearce
5. Farrell                     2. Coffee
8. Resource                 4. Four
10. Substation            6. Action
14. Bees                      7. Dogs
15. Garcia                    9. Wildland
18. Homestead          11. Brush
12. Three
13. Brady
16. Crime
17. Body
19. Stahl
20. Excellent

Raquel Hendrickson
Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.