Hard animal to herd Crossword Clue

• One dining on Friskies

  New York Times · Monday, August 31, 2026 · 3 letters

• "Sleep is like a ___: It only comes to you if you ignore it": Gillian Flynn

  New York Times · Wednesday, July 8, 2026 · 3 letters

• Garfield in the funny pages, e.g.

  New York Times · Monday, April 27, 2026 · 3 letters

• "Human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a ___ does not": Ernest Hemingway

  New York Times · Wednesday, March 18, 2026 · 3 letters

• Persian or Abyssinian

  New York Times · Sunday, February 22, 2026 · 3 letters

• One of three in the Horatio Henry Couldery painting "Curiosity"

  New York Times · Saturday, January 31, 2026 · 3 letters

• Hairball hacker

  New York Times · Tuesday, December 2, 2025 · 3 letters

• Animal on a "Hang in there!" inspirational poster

  New York Times · Wednesday, August 6, 2025 · 3 letters

• "You cannot look at a sleeping ___ and feel tense": Jane Pauley

  New York Times · Friday, August 1, 2025 · 3 letters

• One pouncing at a laser pointer, perhaps

  New York Times · Monday, June 2, 2025 · 3 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 23-Down Company name ender
• 24-Across Tries, tries again
• 25-Down South African currency
• 26-Down Doesn't get hit, say
• 27-Across Univision article
• 28-Across "Hey, England, happy Fourth of July!"
• 30-Down Bad ending?
• 31-Down Site of a Nobel Prize award ceremony every December 10
• 32-Down Lasting lash effect
• 33-Across Cow or cobra, in yoga
• 33-Down "East of Eden" girl
• 34-Down Setting for "The King and I"