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The Clue

Delicate lock of hair (4 letter answer)

The Answer

WISP

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Notes

The answer WISP is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.

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Fragment
Puff
Slender one
Strand
Trace
Bit of a shock?
Bit of smoke
Faint cloud
Faint trace
Filmy piece
Fleeting trace
Fragment or shred
Frail thing
Handful of hay
Handful of straw
Mere handful
Miniature cloud
Small handful
Small tuft
Smoke curl
Smoke trace
Something frail
Strand; tendril
Stray strand
Tendril; strand
Tenuous fragment
Tenuous strip
Thin lock
Thin strand
Thin streak
Thin tuft
Thready streak
Trace of smoke
Will-o'-the-___
Part of a smoke screen?
Bit of smoke or hair
Start of a smoke signal

Definition

WISP as a noun:

1. a small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair"
2. a small person; "a mere wisp of a girl"
3. a small bundle of straw or hay
4. a flock of snipe