It does a bang-up job

The answer

TNT

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TNT answer page.

Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 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 collection answered by TNT, most used first.

• Explosive letters - used 225 times, most recently in 2026
• Explosive - used 175 times, most recently in 2005
• 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
• Demolition material - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Dynamite letters - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Minecraft explosive - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Palindromic explosive - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Big bang maker - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
• Wile E. Coyote purchase - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Cable network - used 16 times, most recently in 2006
• Demolition stuff - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Blasting letters - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Rock blaster - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Blasting stick - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Wile E. Coyote's explosive - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Blast letters - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Demolition compound - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Powerful explosive - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Wrecking-ball alternative - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
• Big bang creator - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Big bang source - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Blast cause - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Blaster's buy - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Explosive palindrome - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Powerful stuff - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• Rubble creator - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Blast maker - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Blasted stuff - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Blaster's material - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Demolitionist's charge - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Demolitionist's supply - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Great leveler - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• "Rizzoli & Isles" TV network - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Wile E. Coyote buy - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• You'll have a blast with it - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Atlanta-based station - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Boom maker - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Boom sticks - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Cause of a blowup - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Cause of some blowups - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Dynamite alternative - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Explosive compound - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Shell filling - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• "We Know Drama" channel - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Amatol ingredient - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Blasting aid - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Blasting need - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Boomer? - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Booming stuff - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Demolition ball alternative - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Demolition need - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Demolition supply - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Dynamite relative - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Rubble maker - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• You can have a blast with it - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Big banger - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Blaster's stuff - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Blowup cause - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Demolition aid - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Dynamite stuff - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Explosive block in Minecraft - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Explosive stuff, briefly - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• It's dynamite - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Its business is booming - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Smithereens maker - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Trinitrotoluene. - used 7 times, most recently in 1981
• "We Know Drama" network - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Atlanta-based cable channel - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Blast source - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Cable choice - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Detonation maker - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Explosion maker - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Explosive for Wile E. Coyote - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• It can make a molehill out of a mountain - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Palindromic cable channel - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Powerful sticks - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Tunnel blaster - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Volatile stuff - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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