Answer: POW
POW is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 108 times.
Referring Clues:
- One to remember, for short
 - Comic book punch sound
 - V.A. concern
 - Wham!
 - John McCain, once
 - "Ker-bam!"
 - Sound of impact
 - "Wham!"
 - Yellow ribbon honoree: Abbr.
 - Impact sound
 - [Wham!]
 - Comics sound
 - "Batman" sound effect
 - "Batman" fight scene sound effect
 - Explosive noise
 - Comic strip "sound"
 - "Right in the kisser!" preceder
 - "Ka-boom!"
 - Hit sound
 - Comic-book blast
 - "Bam!"
 - Sound of a slug
 - "Boom Boom ___" (#1 song by the Black Eyed Peas)
 - Sound of a smack
 - Sound of a sock
 - Punch line?
 - "Batman" fight word
 - Sock-in-the-jaw sound
 - Punch sound
 - Bam cousin
 - Explosive sound
 - Sock sound
 - Sound of a punch
 - ''Right in the kisser!'' preceder
 - Hanoi Hilton "guest"
 - Hanoi Hilton resident (Abbr.)
 - Captive soldier
 - Comic-strip punch sound
 - Big hit
 - Comics punch sound
 - Kramden's sound effect
 - McCain was one: Abbr.
 - Prisoner of war, for short
 - Chopsocky sound
 - Punch line?
 - 'Wham!'
 - 'Bam!'
 - Comics sound effect
 - Sound of a comics punch
 - Comics punch
 - Sound of a comics punch sound
 - Comic-strip sound of impact
 - 'Bang!'
 - Mil. detainee who may reveal only the starts of the answers to starred clues
 - Sound preceding "Oof!"
 - Punch noise
 - MIA verified
 - Fight sound
 - Kisser-impact sound
 - 'Kaboom!'
 - Captured GI
 - Kramden cry
 - "Wham!" kin
 - Loud noise
 - Punch sound effect
 - Comic strip "socko!"
 - Gunshot sound
 - "Bang!"
 - "Batman" fight scene word
 - "Smack!"
 - Kind of camp
 - "Socko!"
 - Belt line?
 - 'Smack!'
 - [Take THAT!]
 - Gun blast
 - [Right in the kisser!]
 - Bam's cousin
 - Dynamite sound
 - On-screen word in a "Batman" episode
 - "Kaboom!"
 - Sound of a blow
 - Strong-connection interjection
 - Comics sound of a sock
 - Sound effect on "Batman"
 - "Bam!" relative
 - Something that comes with a sock
 - "Whammo!"
 - Superhero sound effect
 - Relative of "BAM!"
 - Superhero punch sound
 - Sound like "Wham!"
 - [Batman punches a bad guy]
 - Comic book sound effect
 - Word in a "Batman" balloon
 - "Right in the kisser!"
 - Punch sound in comics
 - Sound similar to "Bam!"
 - Hard-hitting sound
 - Comic book onomatopoeia
 - "Bam!" kin
 - Sign of a big hit?
 - Sound in a "Batman" fight
 - Sound effect similar to "BAM!"
 - Cartoony explosion sound
 - Comic book sound
 - Cartoon punch sound
 - [Bam!]
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - September 26, 2025
 - LA Times - July 25, 2025
 - USA Today - March 14, 2025
 - USA Today - September 19, 2024
 - New York Times - July 21, 2024
 - USA Today - March 11, 2024
 - USA Today - January 12, 2024
 - New York Times - January 08, 2024
 - LA Times - December 30, 2023
 - New York Times - July 08, 2023
 - USA Today - April 21, 2023
 - LA Times - February 16, 2023
 - LA Times - November 15, 2022
 - New York Times - October 20, 2022
 - LA Times - August 27, 2022
 - LA Times - July 16, 2022
 - USA Today - July 15, 2022
 - USA Today - June 07, 2022
 - New York Times - May 11, 2022
 - New York Times - January 18, 2022
 
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