Friday: A Tad Approachable - 9 August 2024 New York Times Crossword

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[@seanfraser9162]

A pinch is between 1/8 and 1/16th of a teaspoon.

[@auldfouter8661]

Sheep's wool is of course heavily coated with lanolin a natural waterproofing material that is extracted when wool is processed and used in cosmetics and moisturisers.

[@seanfraser9162]

Makes the best skin salve for working hands.

[@tclark8205]

I loved that this puzzle had quite a few answers with double letters! Great solve

[@SethWilson]

And at one point I had US TIP instead of US MAP 😂

[@LK90512]

To be fair i don't think it's the water itself that makes sweaters shrink, but rather the heat and the spinning in the machine 🙂

[@SethWilson]

20 minutes for me, 8 minutes faster than my average. Yeah, mostly pretty approachable, I just got hung up with SIGH / HTS at the end.