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 • FA L L 2 0 2 3 110 M O N TA N A M O N TA N A M U S I N G S M U S I N G S ACROSS 1 Official name of the Lewis & Clark expedition 12 Part of Montana state motto 13 Midwestern state (abbrev) 14 Small town surrounded by the Madison, Gravelly and Tobacco Root Ranges 16 Popular sculpture and music venue near Fishtail, MT, Tippet ____ 17 Laugh Out Loud 18 Musical instruments handcrafted in Missoula 19 For example (abbrev) 21 Famous Helena actress of bygone years 22 Montanan's November classic______of the Wild 24 Atop 25 Website designation 27 Magical light display 32 Forbidden 33 For example "A Plummer was hung in Virginia City" 34 In Montana, known as an anti-immigration and anti-Catholic organization founded in 1921 35 Measure for grad school 36 Ursus horribilis 38 None 40 __is 42 Location of Big Horn River 43 Exist 44 Sought-after Montana permitted river trip 46 Indoor cooler 47 Psychic force 49 Favorite form of river transit 52 Him 53 Something to do to camping gear and computers from time-to-time 55 Native American cliff ruse for bison harvest 57 Toward 58 _____send or Lewis____ 59 Like bear spray, but for humans 61 Figure 62 What to do if lost in Montana wilderness 63 Public broadcasting station 65 Common MT dog 66 ___-___--o 67 Shorttest river in the United States, also in MT 68 Anger 69 Largest Montana city by land area 70 Wind-blown deposits in the Missouri River Valley 71 Montana Fall activity 72 Valley north of Livingston 73 The highest point in this mountain range is Elk Peak DOWN 1 City once named Sheep Dip but now Stillwater County seat. 2 Either____ 3 Dishonest character 4 Number of Montana Indian reservations 5 Smokey's greatest Fall fear 6 Speaker platform 7 Male bovine missing a part 8 Plain______ 9 Popular streaming show highlighting MT 10 Peerless 11 Native American tribe at the Fort Belknap Reservation 15 Movie title "High___" starring a famous Montanan 20 Bovine native to SE Asia 23 Destroy 26 Paul Bunyan's ox 27 Common Montana trees with golden fall foliage 28 Famous Montana circus town 29 Hard liquor of Turkey 30 Hard liquor 31 Cliff or Wade 35 Montana city nearest Makoshika State Park 37 Small town in the Kootenai National Forest 39 First person contraction 41 Critter poop 43 Montana has 12.5 of these per 100,000 residents 45 Unlawful seizings 48 Gadwall or Wigeon (migratory visitors to MT) 50 Only African American explorer on the Lewis& Clark expedtion 51 AKA "sparrow hawks," common in MT 52 Autumn fly-fishing lures 54 Only female outlaw to participate in the Great Northern Railway Robbery with the "Wild Bunch" (1901) 56 Decimal measuring system 58 Historically offensive drink in Ireland: Black & ___ 59 A Master of Arts 60 Poe masterpiece that starts "Once upon amidnight dreary..." The ______ 62 Biz watch dog 64 192 miles distant makes this Montana city the furthest of any in the USA from a Starbucks 67 Male bighorn sheep 68 That is... (Lat abbrev). 69 Usual before vowel sound CROSSWORD ANSWER KEY IS ON PAGE 112 Montana Musings #2 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 71 72 73 crossword by BILL MUHLENFELD

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