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 4 94 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 Found in many Montana towns, these tend to end by October 8 Puma 10 Female deer 12 For example "make like a tree and leave" 13 County Seat of Deer Lodge or a water boa 14 Lakota word for buffalo (bison) 15 Long Ton or Lieutenant (abbrev.) 17 High risk driving 18 To exist 19 Formal praise 20 Fall fun in these labyrinths 24 RailRoad (abrev.) 25 There have been 52 sightings of this creature in Montana 28 Common vehicle on Montana roads 29 Made free 33 Extra innings 34 Famous Montana cartoonist, creator of RickO'Shay 36 Harmonica = mouth______ 38 A member of the working class 40 Small town east of Great Falls or a waist cinch 41 Near or beside 42 Dwarf plant 43 Exclamation 44 Necessity for a fall activity in Montana 47 To rid Butte copper of impurities in the old days 49 "Old MacDonald had a farm________" 50 Its Main Street is Last Chance Gulch 52 White-tailed winged predator 53 And the rest 56 Scandinavian capital 57 Famous Montana paleontologist; advisor on Jurassic Park 59 Oblong block of pure metal 61 Refusal 62 Begins this year on Sept 7th 65 Much of Idaho is this direction from Montana 66 Official state song of Montana 67 or camping you might use a Dutch_____ DOWN 1 Trading Post in Eastern Montana con- structed in 1867 2 Old West brothel owner title 3 Flightless South American bird 4 Unruly hair 5 The first woman elected to Congress, from Montana 6 Archaic version of "Oh God" 7 Fall _______Festival in Stevensville 8 Montana is the #1 producer of this crop 9 You can find this Montana gem near the summit of Mt. Blackmore outside Bozeman 11 Alrighty... 16 2015 movie set in Montana with a hideous bear attack 17 Montanans collide with about 10,000 of these every year 18 Unpleasant ejection 21 Old theater, now an event center in Bozeman 22 To collect, or a church service 23 3.14 Etc. 25 Elk calls 26 Smart smile 27 Famous Emigrant watering hole and music venue (est. 1902) 30 Where Calgary is from Glacier NP 31 Alien movie from 1982 32 A piece of information 35 Move to a lower state 37 Airline booking (abbrev.) 38 Fantasy book author residing in Paradise Valley 39 This Montana city is surrounded by 5 mountain ranges 44 The uber-tech wave of the future. (abbrev.) 45 "Shiras" refers to this kind of Montana critter 46 Anise flavor liquor 48 A place of pristine beauty 50 Annual Mecca visit 51 Part of a flight schedule 54 Homonym of tents 55 Glacier NP: ______ of the Continent 58 White-tailed winged predator 60 Short for an American war in the 1960s 62 College degree 63 Montana neighbor (abbrev). 64 Game invented in China 2,500 years ago CROSSWORD ANSWER KEY IS ON PAGE 96 crossword by BILL MUHLENFELD

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