Distinctly Montana Magazine

D I S T I N C T LY M O N TA N A M A G A Z I N E • S P R I N G 2 0 2 3 78 M O N TA N A M U S I N G S M O N TA N A M U S I N G S crossword by BILL MUHLENFELD Montana Musings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 ACROSS 1 Mountain in Missoula 6 Discovered in Montana in 1852 9 Snowy is one 10 Badlands 11 Bulding material for early Montana homes 13 Previously known as Last Chance Gulch 15 Time (Latin) 18 Dandy 20 City often compared to LA 23 Fop 24 Popular card game 25 Look into, sometimes deeply 27 In or ___ 29 3.14 30 Home of the Copper Kings 31 Lakota Bigwig 34 _____is 35 Not much 38 Sharpshooter 40 Referential 42 Sheltered from the wind 44 Town west of Bozeman 45 Montana in 1889 46 First man 49 Why chaps stick 51 Sign at hot springs 52 Custer's Last______ 53 Creed 54 Oft-used legal jargon 56 Pesky mountain bird 59 Ancient coin 61 Consumer 63 That 64 Cow call 66 Favorite Activity in Red Lodge 68 Yes or __ 69 GNP Road ____ __ ___ Sun 70 Lewis & Clark Guide DOWN 2 Famous Bozeman Story 3 Pleasant stay 4 Showing wonder or surprise 5 Chicago transits 6 John Bozeman was from this state (abbrev.) 7 TV Personality and would-be politician 8 Cottonwoods 10 Housing 12 Home of Going-To-The-Sun 14 Famous park (abbrev) 16 Sun God 17 Iron Block 19 Where the buffalo roam 20 What big horn sheep did 21 Caged critters 22 Plan or idea 26 Montana nickname 28 We 29 Play on words 32 Plains Indian Dwellings 33 East Indian Flatbread 35 The Great Outdoors! 36 If not lager, then ___ 37 River Ffowing through Livingston 39 City East of Billings 41 Fouling or not advancing 43 Homestake_____ 47 Women or____ 48 Park protector 50 Proficient 54 Payback 55 1970s musician 56 Distinctive horse features 57 Club or Critter 58 Mythical Place 60 Little one 62 Heroic Icelandic tale 65 Pouch 67 Frank Little was a Montana member CROSSWORD ANSWER KEY IS ON PAGE 80

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