Crossword: Summer 2020
A crossword for longtime locals.
If you've been in Bozeman a while, you know that a lot's changed. But do you remember exactly what, when, and how? If you can solve this puzzle, be proud—your memory is solid, your status as a legit local secure.
Across
1. Mean & mobile, double predatory thorn in the city’s side
5. Ruled the Ridge until late 2000s: _____ Creel
9. By way of
10. Thinner on the Ridge
11. Aliens among us
12. Obscenity obscurer, absent from O/B
14. Nonprofit’s suffix
16. Hidden hangout
17. Local guide and longtime O/B writer: _____ Dehmer
18. Direction for climbers
20. Winter gathering where locals tested vehicular horsepower, traction, and overall handling: Hyalite _____
21. Atmospheric prefix
23. In the ’90s, numero of Bozeman operations brewing cerveza
24. Copper source
25. Time passed since the good ol’ days, it seems
27. When sport climbers wake up
28. Lah-dee-freakin’- _____
29. To be or not to _____
30. Game stage for recreation in the Gallatin National Forest, dark colors move first
35. This mountain lake’s a real gem
39. Backcountry load-hauler, or cousin thereof
40. First word of the U.S. Constitution
41. Something you contrive to make your life sound more interesting (abbr.)
43. Spiraling sickness in Madison rainbows: _____ disease
44. Short, for short
Down
1. Famous puppy in a pint, was the best ale around (two words)
2. Another name for the northern lights
3. Former Spanish Peaks icon: black fetcher, not white slider
4. Number of I-90 exits in Bozeman in 2000
5. Celestial, sisterly vehicle for recreationists
6. Wear oneself out: _____ it
7. In 2000, nobody wore this in Bozeman
8. Brewer’s bar
13. Mountain predator
15. GPS itinerary (abbr.)
19. Costumed downhill classic
22. Once-iconic seat for going slow up the mountain, in tandem (two words)
26. Bozeman east-west arterial
27. By means of
29. Bygone vessel of climbing gear and apparel
31. Color
32. Montana wilderness pioneer: _____ Marshall
33. Dark slaver once abundant across Montana: Moose _____
34. Gettin’ wet in the morning
36. Cage for trained hawks
37. Ballpark figure
38. Cyber chuckle
42. There’s gold _____ them thar hills
