Explosive letters
The crossword clue "Explosive letters" is answered by TNT, a 3-letter entry. Used 225 times across 40 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 33 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
TNT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TNT answer page.
Used 225 times across 40 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 33 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TNT
Every other clue in this pilot answered by TNT, most used first.
- Explosive initials - used 164 times, most recently in 2026
- Explosive stuff - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
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