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 U M M E R 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 Whip____ or eye___ 2 Baby fox 3 Reliance 4 Toasted Italian sandwich 5 AKA Battle of Greasy Grass 6 Prohibition 7 _____dive 8 1976 movie with Brando and Nicholson, set in Montana 9 Dinner table cloth 10 "Remember the _____" 11 Popular rodeo event 13 Top of one's head 16 Gateway city to Glacier National Park 20 Pop music: be___ 21 Dempsey and Gibbons famously fought here in 1923 25 Bee business 26 Owner of the Flying D Ranch (first name) 27 Horse breed with a spotted coat 28 Montana city minus one letter 30 Tamed horse 35 Bridal _____ Falls in Clark Fork Canyon 38 Impure iron ore 41 Famous western hat 45 Number of Indian tribes in Montana 46 ________ Prairie organization for land and wildlife preservation 48 Hot weather must (abbrev.) 52 Tomorrows 53 Short snoozes 54 Farm tool shown on Montana flag 56 Late? What is your ____? 57 Spirit beings, sacred objects or symbols 58 Handgun (slang) 59 Popular Japanese cuisine 60 Bar seating 66 Exciting sport finish ACROSS 5 "_____ _____ Night" Jimmy Buffett song about a Montana city 12 Disposition to irritate 13 After hours watering hole 14 Bozeman's big summer event 15 You might use a "J" one of these when canoeing 17 Tender, loving care (abbrev.) 18 Nearly 14 million of these found in Montana last year 19 Roe ______ in Great Falls 20 "Twice stabbed" is a type of these Montana insects 22 A Marshall 23 Campfire food 24 Trail poop 27 Sap-sucker 29 Ponderosa ______ are the most common of these in Montana 31 Baby chick cry 32 Turbulent river water 33 Often seen at road construction 34 Cowboys often need this 36 AKA donkey 37 Board game dating to 2,500 BC 39 Chicago subway (slang) 40 Arctic_______ Montana fish 41 993 of these are named in Montana (USGS) 42 Double reed wood instrument 43 Typesetting measure 44 Rainbow_____ 47 Unwelcome river blooms 49 Ranch fencing material 50 Yogo sapphire is one 51 Former Billings area resident AKA Martha Canary 55 White Sulphur Springs Music Fest 60 Tool shown on the Montana flag 61 A braid of hair or straw 62 Just won't 63 Wagon wheel support 64 Worn-out horse 65 Lewis & Clark National Monument near the Yellowstone River 67 Fly fishing techniques Montana Musings 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

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