Cold War threat
The crossword clue "Cold War threat" is answered by HBOMB, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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HBOMB
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HBOMB answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- MXS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HBOMB
Every other clue in this collection answered by HBOMB, most used first.
- Cold War concern - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
- Nuclear weapon - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Weapon of mass destruction - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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