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 5 - 2 0 2 6 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 DOWN 1 In 2025 declared a legal holiday in Montana (3 words) 2 Greenhorn 3 One way to serve whiskey 4 Airport landing strip 5 Horsey sounding 6 Former marshal of Red Lodge and mightily feared by the Crow Indians 7 ________ Peak, at about 11k feet in Paradise Valley 8 First name of the city now called Billings 9 Cheek tobacco 13 Montana is roughly the size of this European country 16 Popular sport chant repeated 17 Comedian born in Missoula in 1955 19 Ready, willing and ____ 23 One authorized to act for another 26 Walk with attitude 29 Mental and/or physical decline 31 Popular catch in Montana during ice-fishing 33 Narcotic victims 34 Chicken ____ 38 No pain, no ______ 40 Could be a seasoning; could be an escapade 42 Montana state flower 43 Wrongful act in a legal sense 44 Brief sermon 45 High eleveation critter, rarely sighted by humans 47 Australian birds raised near Batavia, MT 49 Could be a nag; could be a musical instrument; could be a beer 50 "0I like ____" campaign slogan 51 No Meat, no dairy 52 Precise 53 There are approximately 12 billion of these in Montana 54 Flatulence 55 Twenty of anything 58 These are legally defined in Montana if the population is below 2500 61 Montana town with the same name as a Muppet ACROSS 1 The Waterton-Glacier ________ ______(3 words) 10 You will see many examples of these at the Museum of the Rockies 11 Debt 12 Disgusting 14 A lecherous stare 15 First winter track of this type in North America built at Lolo Hot Springs 18 Where Malmstrom is located ______ Falls 20 Fourth highest peak in the Bridger Range 21 Rhythm & Blues ____&___(abbrev) 22 Rin-Tin-Tin and others of that elk 24 One who rows 25 Silkworm silk or dental aid 27 Double reed woodwind 28 Number of Indian Tribes in Montana 29 What you might do (but should not) if you ran into a griz in the wilds 30 Montana grain producing 31 Tire pressure (abbrev) 32 A deceptive scheme 35 Like the Empire Builder 36 Direction from Montana to Arizona 37 John Bozeman moved to Montana from this state, leaving his family behind 39 Home to the annual hamfest (not piggies) 41 Colloquial for toilet 42 Gorgeous 68 mile road from Red Lodge to Yellowstone. (2 wds) 46 Prize money in a horse race 48 I'm_____from the cold! 49 Anabaptist, Amish-like people of Montana 51 Elk antlers can be covered in this in spring and summer 54 Car fuel 55 Former spouse 56 Homonym of deer 57 Number of degrees below zero at Rogers Pass in 1954... coldest record ever in the lower 48 59 Asian bovine, bigger than a bison 60 Primitive weapon 62 Not in use in the winter 63 Montana is the wintering ground for these Arctic birds 64 This Montana body of water has more shoreline than California (3 words) Montana Musings Click to add a header 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

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