L.A. Times Crossword
CREATURES OF HABIT
By Rebecca Goldstein & Rachel Fabi
ACROSS
1 Squirrel’s cheekful
6 Whole bunch
10 “I did it!”
14 Spumante
specification
18 Faith with a shrine in the Hanging Gardens of Haifa
19 Healing succulent
20 Silent stars?
21 “The Chi” creator
Waithe
22 Canine that thinks it’s an old-timey news announcer?
24 Bikini in the
Pacific, e.g.
25 Eager
26 Any minute now
27 Corvallis sch.
28 Ridiculous
29 Flanged
fasteners
30 Willingness to
support
32 Bird that thinks it’s a television show host?
36 Contacted
privately, in a way
38 Craps cube
39 Egyptian
peninsula
40 Ingredient in some vegan marshmallows
42 “The curl experts” hair care brand
45 Tourney favorite
48 Marsupial that thinks it’s an actor?
51 Agcy. that
oversees PubMed
52 Snare
54 Cambridgeshire
cathedral city
55 Brewery
shipments
56 Cheer syllable
58 Snapple rival
60 “Homeland” org.
61 Opposite of 33Down
62 Sets to zero, as
a scale
64 Runs very slowly
65 Alight
67 Tabbies that think they’re collies?
71 Pound sounds
72 Pot payments
74 Minor in
Hollywood
75 Inflict upon
77 Italian three
78 Big name in
financial services
80 Fashion
monogram
81 Cable network
that’s a nonprofit
82 Trouble
83 Observe
84 Cozy room
86 Insects that think they’re outfielders?
90 Teensy bit
93 Wool type 94 Olympic swimmers Crocker and Thorpe
95 “Groovy”
96 Picture of Pluto?
97 “Star _ _”
99 Lambs that think they’re census takers?
104 Swim events
107 Takes a victory
lap, maybe
108 Reads (over)
109 Frozen solid?
111 Caramel candy
sold in a tube
113 Word after “Lavender” and “Purple,” in song titles
114 Red Monopoly
piece
115 Bird that thinks it’s a restaurant critic?
118 Finished
119 _ _ City:
Pittsburgh
120 “_ _ did I just
watch?”
121 Don
122 Try again
123 Little helper?
124 Simplicity
125 Pedometer units
DOWN
1 Basics
2 Pod used as a chocolate substitute
3 “Such a flirt!”
4 Occasion to carry
an umbrella
5 Diarist Ana•s
6 Carpentry tools 7 Social capital
8 Pioneering ISP
9 Pt. of HDTV
10 Phoebe or Cronus
11 Surrounded by
12 Mutation that removes a DNA sequence
13 Interpretation first provided for a SOTU address in 2021
14 Comfort item for
some tots
15 Light show?
16 Principle celebrated on the first night of Kwanzaa
17 Iotas
20 _ _-pedi
23 Used up
28 Stores with SmOEland play areas
29 Gives a zero-star
review, say
31 Cry from a Mega
Millions winner
33 Opposite of
61-Across
34 Ball caps or
bottle caps
35 Remove from the top of an inbox, say
37 Musher’s
conveyance
40 Partnerships
41 Jam at a Pride
Parade
43 Awake before the
alarm
44 Headwear
sported by Rihanna on the cover of British Vogue
46 Consider, as an
idea
47 Prepares at a
state fair, perhaps
48 Gym
49 Lye, in a lab
50 Syst. between
Baltimore and D.C.
53 Fez danglers
57 Enters
59 _ _ cucumber
62 Blast letters
63 “This is your last
warning!”
66 Droplets on a
cobweb
68 LP or EP, e.g.
69 Official religion of
Djibouti
70 Deer sir
73 Turns blue?
76 Burning
79 Sired
81 Easter Island’s
country
85 Nasal irrigation
vessels
87 Backstage crew 88 First Nations
people
89 Like some
intricate designs
91 Before birth
92 “I love everything
you’ve done here”
98 “I’ll drink to that”
99 Hunger for
100 Ran very slowly
101 Receive
102 Put on the
market
103 Breads with
pockets 105 Rich cake
106 Single-masted
sailboat
107 Mjölnir wielder
110 Give credit to
112 Possesses
114 Employee benefit option, for short
115 Manchego
source
116 Cry of
recognition
117 Path finder in a
Pathfinder, briefly