Detonating device
The crossword clue "Detonating device" is answered by CAP, a 3-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CAP
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAP answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for CAP
Every other clue in this collection answered by CAP, most used first.
- Upper limit - used 179 times, most recently in 2026
- Limit - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Tube top - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Spending limit - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Baseball hat - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Beanie or beret - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Ceiling - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Salary limit - used 30 times, most recently in 2021
- Mushroom part - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Ballplayer's hat - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Bottle top - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Put a limit on - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Topper - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Mortarboard - used 19 times, most recently in 2010
- Beanie - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Lid - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Mushroom top - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Surpass. - used 14 times, most recently in 2006
- Salary ceiling - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Part of a baseball uniform - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Ballpark souvenir - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Beret or beanie - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Bottle topper - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Maximum - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Outdo - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
- Top of a toothpaste tube - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Beanie, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Bottle part - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Commencement wear - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Gown's partner - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Maximum limit - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Mushroom morsel - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- Part of some uniforms - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Put a lid on - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Salary max - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Toothpaste tube cover - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Toy gun ammo - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Beret - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Pinnacle - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- ___ and gown (graduate's attire) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Climax - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Hat - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Hat with a visor - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Kind of pistol - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
- Mushroom feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Top - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Top off - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Listening device - EAR, used 70 times
- Battering device - RAM, used 35 times
- Safety device - NET, used 19 times
- Listening device - TAP, used 16 times
- Cooling device - FAN, used 15 times
- Video device, for short - CAM, used 15 times
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