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 • W I N T E R 2 0 2 3 - 2 4 78 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 Big Sky edifice 7 Montana's oldest, active saloon-with 21 Across and 35 Across 9 Roman numeral for "6" 10 Yes, in espanbol 12 Transgression 13 @ 14 Chico ___ _____ 17 Faintest ideas 18 Relative Humidty (abbrev) 19 State with four letters 21 See 7 Across 22 "Travels With Charlie" author and Montana lover 25 Auntie in the Wizard of Oz 27 A Hawaiian fish whose name means 'good to eat' 28 Black and white and fetid all over 30 Coldest temperature ever recroded in all 50 states at this Montana location 34 Greek goddess of earth 35 See 7 across 37 Montana neighbor to the north 38 What's ____ with wildebeests? 39 Retch 40 Speck 43 Nope! 44 Widespread connifers 46 Spanish for 'snow' 47 'Round 'em up' with this 48 Furtive, ferocious beast of the mountains 52 Shakespeare's 'Much __ About Nothing' 53 This picturesque Montana road is often closed until mid-summer 58 Mountain lions 59 Unpleasant and feared 'snowman' 63 If you are here you could be either in Montana or Scotland 64 Going it alone 65 Like an egg 67 High-topping with these can cause avalanches 73 December times for these occur before 6pm 76 ____ does it! 77 Served up in a glass or a bullet 78 Small town 50 miles west of Bozeman DOWN 1 City in the exact center of Montana 2 Wicked 3 Skirt popular in the 60s 4 Applications 5 Nasty bunkhouse bug eggs 6 Hot springs will fix this 7 You can find many of these on Wild Horse Island 8 Montana winter weasel 11 Missouri Monument 12 Horse + skis + rope for this winter sport 15 Blackfeet, Salish, Kootenai, etc. 16 Snow 20 Another name for the public toilet 23 This montana town was originally a copper mining camp 24 New language created in 1887 26 This critter typically lives above 6500' 29 Michael)_SW Montana celeb 31 Snow pellet 32 About 350 people still live in this old Montana railroad town. 33 Favorite pasta dish 34 Prank 36 Orbital period of a planetary body 40 Letter of the Greek alphabet 41 You need to change these out for Montana winters. 42 First used in 1998 Winter Olympics in Japan 45 Heads for the hills! 49 Short for 60s war location 50 Help! 51 Unit of measurement or close relative 54 These are ipcked up in a bar 55 Important command for dog training 56 Originally HeLEENa after HeLENA, Minnesota 57 Jellystone Park personality 58 Indigenous peoples' cultural events 60 Capital of Norway 61 Warnings for a baby 62 Lazes 66 'In Search Of'''on social media 68 Us 69 Eastern state (abbrev.) 70 Near 71 Affirmative grunt 72 Synonym for sew 74 World org (abbrev.) 75 'In Search Of on social media (abbrev.) CROSSWORD ANSWER KEY IS ON PAGE 80 crossword by BILL MUHLENFELD

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