Volatile liquid
The crossword clue "Volatile liquid" is answered by NITRO, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1998. 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 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 2 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
Every other clue in this collection answered by NITRO, most used first.
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- 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
- 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
- Explosive - 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.
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- Liquid-Plumr rival - DRANO, used 28 times
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- Liquid fat - OLEIN, used 24 times
- Liquid-Plumr alternative - DRANO, used 22 times
- Liquid part of fat - OLEIN, used 20 times
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