routine (8)
'routine' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for habit that I've seen before include "Riding garment" , "Routine - clothing" , "Custom, wont" , "Dress - custom - practice" , "It's worn in order" .)
'routine' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Mechanical routine ' mean 'rote' so perhaps 'routine' could also mean 'rote')
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for rote that I've seen before include "By . . . . - from memory without thought" , "Mechanical repetition (as a means of learning)" , "Kind of memory - that tore it" , "By . . . . means by memory - that tore it" , "Learn by ____ (repetition)" .)
'routine' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for habitual that I've seen before include "Traditional" , "Inveterate" , "set" , "Like a routine" , "Done regularly and repeatedly" .)