Explosive stuff, for short
The crossword clue "Explosive stuff, for short" is answered by NITRO, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
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NITRO
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Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NITRO
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- Part of TNT - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Explosive stuff - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- Explosive liquid, briefly - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Explosive, for short - used 19 times, most recently in 2015
- Blasting stuff - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Explosive liquid - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- The "N" in TNT - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- The "N" of TNT - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Volatile liquid - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
- Explosive liquid, for short - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Drag-racing fuel - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Funny-car fuel - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- TNT part - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Rocket fuel ingredient, for short - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- TNT component - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- "Glycerine" opener - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Liquid explosive, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Explosive - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
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