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 6 110 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 112 crossword by BILL MUHLENFELD DOWN 2 NE as a chemical element 4 Asian flatbread 6 Slow fermenting brews 7 Common and important feature on Montana farms 8 You do this every time you pick up your guitar 9 Yellowstone North Entrance feature 10 _______Springs State Park near Great Falls 11 Cattle tool for cowboys 12 Transition zone between the Rocky Mountains and the grass prairies 15 Brown, black, cinnamon, brown______ 16 Wolf_____, Montana 17 Direction from Billings to Roundup 19 _____-wan Kenobi (Star Wars) 20 Little_____Tribe--Headquartered in Great Falls 25 Kind of loft or fodder 27 Hank Williams Montana song 28 _______weasel, AKA ermine 30 Disastrous defeat, like The Little Big Horn 31 The Golden______: Montana's major wheat region 32 Sound a horn or a drinking bout 33 For example (abbrev.) 36 Name for those searching for crystals and gems in Montana 38 Average or nasty 40 Bitter_____: A State Flower and a Valley 43 Wander 45 Farm tower 46 A River Runs Through It" was one 49 Powerful prayer 50 Lots of cash (slang) 51 Juncos and robins make sounds in this way 55 A Montana marbled godwit is one of these 56 Good fishing tributary of the Beaverhead River: _____River 58 Greek god of love and sex 60 Critter poop 63 Contend ACROSS 1 Bobcat cousin 3 Famous Montana paleontologist 5 720,000 acres of this bean makes Montana the #1 producer 9 Montana State Insect: _______fly 13 Gold filter for streams 14 Naturally occurring mineral 15 Drift______ are for fishing 16 Fort Fizzle has a designated area for this activity 17 This "Super" event will occur over Montana on December 23rd 21 Atop 22 Not LBS, but_____ 23 _____Marshall Wilderness 24 Scenic Montana road only open 4 1/2 months/year 26 Conical tent 29 A Palomino is one of these 31 Essential structure for trains in Montana 34 Switch a train track 35 _______Ventre; native american tribe at Fort Belknap 37 Montana officially scores 0/10 for this natural disaster (whew!) 39 Leftover tix for the Cats-Griz game (abbrev.) 40 Elk and Bison experience this in the Fall, which makes them more dangerous 41 North & South Dakota are this direction from Montana 42 An indefinable area of land 44 Special ____) (mil.abbrev.) 46 Verb or noun it creates a breeze 47 Tat requirement 48 _________Rocks, in the Beaverhead National Forest (bring your hammer) 50 The Montana Corn Maze can be found here in the Fall 52 Missile housing 53 A frame for interweaving yarn and threads 54 Month Montana became a state 57 Common shrub or tree in MT 59 Tobacco_____Mountains 60 Useful blade 61 Town where you might stay if visiting Bannack or the Big Hole Battlefield. 62 Famous filmmaker and screenwriter born in Missoula (deceased 2025) 64 ______Lynde, famous Montana cartoonist 65 Retreat for the uber-rich near Big Sky 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

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