Explosive
The crossword clue "Explosive" is answered by TNT, a 3-letter entry. Used 175 times across 54 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TNT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TNT answer page.
Used 175 times across 54 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 8 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.
- TONITE (12 uses in xd)
- AMATOL (7 uses in xd)
- VOLATILE (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for TNT
Every other clue in this collection answered by TNT, most used first.
- Explosive letters - used 225 times, most recently in 2026
- Explosive initials - used 164 times, most recently in 2026
- Explosive stuff - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
- Stick with a kick - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Blasting stuff - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Blaster's need - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Blasting material - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Potent stick - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
- It's a blast - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Big bang letters - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Cable channel - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Big bang producer - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Demolition letters - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Explosive inits. - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Explosive material - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Big bang cause - used 24 times, most recently in 2020
- High explosive - used 24 times, most recently in 2013
- Dynamite letters - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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