The Clue
Spot for a jerk? (4 letter answer)
The Answer
KNEE
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Notes
The answer KNEE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 50 puzzles.
Related Clues
Genu
___ jerk
Joint
Patella
Baby bouncer
Banjo supporter
Bender, of a sort
Cap locale
Child support?
Gonitis locale
Jerky joint
Joint with a cap
Kind of jerk
Leg joint
Leg's midpoint
Limb joint
Orthopedic specialty
Pants part
Patella area
Patella's place
Patella's site
Place for a cap
Proposer's prop?
Scrape site
Supporter of a proposal?
Tot's perch
Common injury site
Deal a low blow
Elbow's lower counterpart
Femur-tibia connector
Hem length, maybe
It has a cap
Jerk-test joint
Joint that may jerk
Medial meniscus site
Namath's weak spot
Place for a football pad
Place for a skateboarder's pad
"Trick" joint, maybe
Word with jerk or joint
Attack at close range, maybe
Impact point for a spoons player
Joint often clipped on a gridiron
Wearing-out point for pants
It may provide child support
What might give a physical reaction?
Definition
KNEE as a noun:
1. (knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu) = hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
2. (stifle, knee) = joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
3. the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee