Denver International Airport
The most-trafficked international flight to/from Denver is to this sunny Mexican tourist destination.
Cancun
This is the demonym (word for someone from a place) for Denver.
Denverite
City named after a firearm with a helical groove pattern to fire more accurately.
Rifle, CO
The "Miracle on Ice" was the United States' victory against the heavily favored Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics in this city.
Lake Placid, NY
5 letters, starts with "T": late.
TARDY
The Denver airport is the subject of a multitude of conspiracies and superstitions, such as those surrounding "Blucifer," a statue of this.
Mustang / Horse
Denver has all four major american sports teams, but this one has the most championship titles (3) among them.
Broncos
City name corrupted from the Ute language, but the English word means a device for slowing a fall by creating significant drag.
Parachute, CO
A 7-1 loss by the Brazilian national team against this country in the 2014 FIFA World Cup was dubbed the Mineirazo, or "Agony of Mineirao."
Germany
Three letters, ends with "M": Obstruction for salmon.
DAM
The Denver airport was designed with pointed teflon-coated fiber-glass peaks, meant to evoke the Rocky Mountains or even these dwellings.
Teepees
DAILY DOUBLE
Per the Treaty of Fort Laramie, Denver falls within the lands of the Arapaho and this tribe, who name a different state capital.
Separated into two words, but shares a name with an English city "upon Tyne", whose football club has distinct black and white striped jerseys that resemble those of American football or hockey referees.
New Castle, CO
DAILY DOUBLE
In the 2013 Iron Bowl (Auburn-Alabama), Alabama looked to win the game off of a 57-yard-field goal only for Auburn to return it 109 yards for a touchdown and win. The moment is referred to by this term, a pun off of an interception-touchdown.
6 letters, two words, begins with L: Enters Facebook maybe.
Logs On
Coordinates provided by aliens in this Spielberg film were said to direct to Denver Airport, though they really end up 51 miles northwest.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Denver's city-center is mostly along the banks of the south branch of this river.
Platte
City named for the deposits of granular material between sand and clay in size.
Silt, CO
In game 1 of the 1954 World Series, this New York Giants center fielder made a spectacular over-the-shoulder running catch deep in the back of the Polo Grounds.
Willie Mays
Three letters, second is "W": Female flock member.
Ewe
Conspiracy theorists say that underground tunnels provide a 120-mile escape route from the airport to Cheyenne Mountain, where this combined US-Canada military organization was based.
NORAD
Vietnamese
Comes from a Celtic word for river, English cities include "Stratford-upon-" this.
Avon, CO
An Arizona man was gifted two additional dates to local games after his first date at the D-Backs game went viral. When offered a fourth date by the Cardinals, it was revealed that the couple had broken up. This hockey team provided their third and last date.
Arizona Coyotes
6 letters, begins with "O": Brother and husband of Isis.
Osiris