CREATURES OF HABIT
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 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 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 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 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