Wife approved energy that’s socially sound? (4)
I believe the answer is:
woke
'socially sound?' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can occasionally mean the same thing.
'wife approved energy' is the wordplay.
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'approved' becomes 'ok' (something OK is approved or acceptable).
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'w'+'ok'+'e'='WOKE'
'that's' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for woke that I've seen before include "Roused from sleep" , "Ceased to sleep" , "Came to" , "Stopped sleeping" .)