Stuck on the Sockdolager crossword clue from NYT Crossword published on October 8 2022? We’re here to help you solve it.
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The Verified Answer for Sockdolager is:
- LULU
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- RIPSNORTER
Useful hints for “Sockdolager” Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Clue Explanation
▼Speaking of socks! The word in this clue, “Sockdolager,” comes with a sockdologizing true story: a comedic utterance, in a performance of Tom Taylor’s “Our American Cousin” that in 1865 produced laughter loud enough to conceal the sound of John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of Abraham Lincoln. “Sockdolager” solves to LULU in this grid, meaning something exceptional; it can also mean a decisive blow.