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Wonder how it's a sound alternative (3)

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awe

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'wonder' is the definition.
(awe is a kind of wonder)

'it's a sound alternative' is the wordplay.
'sound alternative' becomes 'we' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a'+'we'='AWE'

'how' is the link.

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(Other definitions for awe that I've seen before include "Sense of wonder" , "Wonderment" , "Great dread" , "(Strike with) reverential fear" , "A mix of fear and wonder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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