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 5 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 CROSSWORD ANSWER KEY IS ON PAGE 96 crossword by BILL MUHLENFELD ACROSS 1 Butte mining magnates of the past 6 Male donkey or an idiot 10 "That is" (Latin abbrev) 11 Fe-__-Fo-Fum 12 A little bit 14 Wanted: Dead or _____ 16 Many Spring roads in Montana, or a type of thick soup 17 Montana wetland critter 18 Tree juice or a sucker 19 Decorative pendant of feather, bone, or shells worn by Native Americans 22 Lincoln for short 24 European counterpart to the Rockies 27 Egyptian Sun God 28 Montana slang for "deal with it!" 29 Small town on the Bittterroot River near the Sapphire Mountains 30 The Chiefs live here (abbrev.) 33 Diminish in importance 35 First name of Montana daredevil 36 Mountain peak, national forest, creek and hot springs all have this name 37 Baby bison 38 Ranch critter 39 Straight from the whiskey bottle 40 Type of trout imported from Germany 41 Good with any meal 44 After shower wrap 45 Atop 46 Wild, crazy or unconventional 47 High school gym class (abbrev.) 48 Shout-out for your favorite product or sevice 49 Montana fish with high tolerance for turbidity 50 3.14 etc. 51 Widespread pink Spring flowers... or meteor sightings 57 Chicago subway 58 Church seat 59 Elder (abbrev.) 60 Dam feature for Spring runoff 61 Japanese noodle soup 64 Golf necessity 65 Insincere use of pious words 66 Montana is #1 for the crop 67 Old West cemetary in Billings 69 Robbery take or appropriated by violence 71 Volcanic features in Yellowstone 72 What Montana oysters really are DOWN 1 Montana city named after a French fur trader 2 Ceremonial smoking instrument used by some American Indian tribes 3 Griz vs. Bobcats 4 Hold onto 5 Short for federal drug agent 6 Singer/songwriter for "Livingston Saturday Night" 7 Chicken house 8 Hunting must 9 Transgression 11 Most valuable byproduct of early trapping 13 Alright! 15 Exists 16 Run, skip and jump playfully 20 Sweet pastries or grizzly weapons 21 Waterway critters 23 Tamed horse 25 Missoula nickname 26 What a first-time horse rider will experience after the ride 31 Early Spring flower in Montana 32 How Native Americans are organized: by _____ 33 Rodeos often have one of these 34 A flat boat relies on these for a comfortable ride 37 Egyptian Sun God 38 Sound made by a pigeon 42 1951 horror movie filmed in Glacer National Park, The ________ 43 Exciting Spring water activity on these 44 Montana canola oil is from this seed 47 Even 49 Ghost town named after a semi-precious gem 51 Ill will 52 L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology, spent his childhood in this city 53 Baby horned, snowy or burrowing ____ 54 Important features for the outdoorsmen... and women 55 What you are probably like after a long trail hike 56 Lakota word for bison 62 Usual greeting 63 To treat unfairly or one of these as part of a mine 66 Many Western homes are built with these 68 Social media ha-ha 70 Six centuries of language use can be found in the Dictionary of ____ ____ (abbrev.)

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