Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle

“CREATURES OF HABIT” BY REBECCA GOLDSTEIN & RACHEL FABI

ACROSS

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 Word after “Lavender” and “Purple,” in song titles

Red Monopoly piece

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 113 27 Corvallis sch. 28 Ridiculous

29 Flanged

fasteners 114 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

33-Down

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 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 Anaïs 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 Småland play areas

29 Gives a zerostar 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 44 46 47

48 49 50

53 57 59 62 63

66

68 69

70 73 76 79 81

Awake before 85 Nasal irrigation the alarm vessels Headwear 87 Backstage crew sported by 88 First Nations Rihanna on the people cover of British 89 Like some Vogue intricate designs Consider, as an 91 Before birth idea 92 “I love everything Prepares at you’ve done a state fair, here” perhaps 98 “I’ll drink to that” Gym 99 Hunger for Lye, in a lab 100 Ran very slowly Syst. between 101 Receive Baltimore and 102 Put on the D.C. market

Fez danglers 103 Breads with Enters pockets __ cucumber 105 Rich cake Blast letters 106 Single-masted “This is your last sailboat warning!” 107 Mjölnir wielder Droplets on a 110 Give credit to cobweb 112 Possesses LP or EP, e.g. 114 Employee benefit Official religion option, for short of Djibouti 115 Manchego Deer sir source Turns blue? 116 Cry of Burning recognition Sired 117 Path finder in Easter Island’s a Pathfinder, country briefly