Introduction
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This "Sound of a sock" clue appeared in the Wall Street Journal Crossword on February 22, 2024. Don't despair if you battle to find the solution, as we have the answer below.
Answer
Clue: Sound of a sock
Answer: POW (3 letters)
Hints and Explanation
This is quite a tricky clue because, in this crossword, "sock" does not refer to a piece of clothing for a foot, which is the traditional meaning, but rather is slang for a punch or a hit.
POW can be an abbreviation for prisoner of war, but in this context, it refers to the sound of a person hitting another person or a loud, explosive noise.
This clue has been used by other publishers in the past with answers including BAM. But, in this crossword, when paired with other solutions in the grid, the answer turns out to be "POW."
Crossword Clues on February 22, 2024
Here are the other crossword clues that appeared on February 22, 2024, in the WSJ Crossword.
- Pint glass fill
- Mornings, briefly
- Raincoat material
- Brief field
- Turmoil
- Out with another
- Deadly snake
- Receipt figure
- Stuff in schoolrooms and poolrooms
- GameCube successor
- Tennis star Naomi
- Sensitive handling
- Euro divisions
- Greenlight
- Early fall setting
- Impassive sort
- College, in Canberra
- Title character in "Gone Girl"
- Choose
- Start for Caps or Cat
- Martian explorer
- Stromboli flow
- Injury reminder
- Like Richard Burton and Anthony Hopkins
- ___ Hari
- Down source
- Ipanema setting
- Greedy moves
- Ratio divider
- Prayer need, for some
- Words under an olive branch, torch and oak branch
- Vintage
- Edsel, to Henry Ford
- Flowers featured in Buddhist art
- Itty-bitty
- "I Survived Bear Grylls" channel
- Unexpected guests, and what you need to do to seven Across answers for their clues to make sense
- Donna Summer's "___ Your Love"
- Forbidden act
- What the suspicious may smell
- Took into custody, say
- Listing on a page
- Pull in
- Biz bigwig
- Rap sheet name
- Enthusiast, informally
- Most luxurious
- Daddy, in Durango
- Asgard figure
- Policy wiz
- Bias
- Give an edge to
- Piece of news
- Play around?
- "You don't need to remind me!"
- Wet behind the ears
- Peaceful episode
- Puccini opera
- Land west of the Gulf of Aqaba
- Brightening star
- Succotash half
- Person with a burning desire
- Couple
- Baylor in the Basketball Hall of Fame
- "You can say that again!"
- Failed to meet
- Fraternize
- Considerate of
- Zodiac dozen
- Balloon, say
- Hold power
- Senate staffer
- Off the market
- Virna of "La Reine Margot"
- Portent
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