Explosives ingredient
The crossword clue "Explosives ingredient" is answered by NITER, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NITER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NITER answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NITER
Every other clue in this collection answered by NITER, most used first.
- Saltpeter - used 84 times, most recently in 2023
- Gunpowder ingredient - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Fertilizer ingredient - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
- Gunpowder component - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Compound in fireworks - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Chilean export - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
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.
- Varnish ingredient - RESIN, used 86 times
- Pesto ingredient - BASIL, used 45 times
- Varnish ingredient - ELEMI, used 44 times
- Bread ingredient - YEAST, used 42 times
- Perfume ingredient - ESTER, used 35 times
- Dough-rising ingredient - YEAST, used 30 times
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