Explosive
The crossword clue "Explosive" is answered by NITRO, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NITRO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NITRO answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 2 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.
- VOLATILE (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for NITRO
Every other clue in this collection answered by NITRO, most used first.
- 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
- Explosive stuff, for short - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- 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
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.
- Explosive trial - NTEST, used 17 times
- Explosive experiment - ATEST, used 11 times
- Explosive experiment - NTEST, used 9 times
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