| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
| Sun May 3, 2020 | 60D | Banned display of firepower, informally | Ben Zimmer and Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sun Jul 22, 2018 | 53A | Bikini blast, briefly (3) | Patrick Merrell |
| Fri Jun 29, 2018 | 54D | Much-criticized trial, briefly | David Steinberg |
| Fri Mar 18, 2016 | 3D | Big mushroom producer, in brief | Michael Wiesenberg |
| Wed Jan 27, 2016 | 55D | Bikini blast, briefly (3) | Adam G. Perl |
| Thu Oct 15, 2015 | 44A | Intl. treaty subject | Kevin G. Der |
| Sun Jul 5, 2015 | 73A | Trial that bombs, informally | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tue Jan 7, 2014 | 22A | Headline event in India in 1974 and '98 | Mark Bickham |
| Mon Jul 29, 2013 | 23D | Bikini blast, briefly (3) | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Fri Apr 19, 2013 | 23A | Bikini event, briefly | Ned White |
| Tue Feb 12, 2013 | 21D | Mushroom cloud producer, in brief | Dan Schoenholz |
| Thu Dec 20, 2012 | 13D | Cloud producer, for short | Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class |
| Mon Apr 23, 2012 | 30A | Mushroom cloud creator, briefly (2) | Michael David |
| Thu Jun 16, 2011 | 9D | Big blowout? | David Steinberg |
| Sun Sep 26, 2010 | 14D | Explosive trial, for short | Pamela Amick Klawitter |
| Tue May 18, 2010 | 67A | SALT subject (2) | Peter A. Collins |
| Thu Apr 1, 2010 | 60A | Brief blowup, in "Big" | Lee Glickstein |
| Wed Dec 2, 2009 | 58A | Mushroom producer, for short | Jack McInturff |
| Sat Nov 21, 2009 | 15D | Desert trial, for short | Gary J. Whitehead |
| Sat Jun 21, 2008 | 49D | Late 1940s event, in headlines | Tyler Lewis Hinman |
| Fri May 30, 2008 | 47A | Big bang creator (2) | Natan Last |
| Sat Feb 2, 2008 | 27A | Big bang creator (2) | Natan Last |
| Sun Oct 21, 2007 | 79D | Bygone explosion, in headlines | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sun May 20, 2007 | 43D | Mushroom cloud creator, briefly (2) | Seth A. Abel |
| Thu Apr 26, 2007 | 39D | Weapons check, in brief | Mike Nothnagel |
| Sun Mar 25, 2007 | 103A | Cause of an intl. incident, maybe | Fred Piscop |
| Thu Feb 22, 2007 | 19A | Provocative military move, briefly | Mike Nothnagel |
| Sun Dec 24, 2006 | 78D | Military trial, briefly | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tue Aug 8, 2006 | 59A | SALT concern | Ed Early |
| Fri Jul 28, 2006 | 46A | Event drawing intl. criticism | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Fri Jun 23, 2006 | 32D | Producer of a large mushroom | Bruce Venzke and Stella Daily |
| Sun Nov 13, 2005 | 53D | Underground experiment, for short | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thu Feb 17, 2005 | 7D | Event outlawed by intl. treaty | Patrick Merrell |
| Sat Dec 25, 2004 | 28D | Big blast, briefly | Byron Walden |
| Thu Aug 5, 2004 | 34D | Modern treaty violation | Seth Abel |
| Thu Jul 22, 2004 | 54D | Explosive trial | Greg Staples |
| Thu Apr 10, 2003 | 54D | SALT subject (2) | Chuck Menning and Mitch Komro |
| Tue Feb 11, 2003 | 52D | Bikini experiment, for short (2) | Myles Callum |
| Fri Jul 13, 2001 | 14D | 1998 headline event in India | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wed Sep 1, 1999 | 13D | Bikini experiment, for short (2) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Fri Jul 24, 1998 | 25D | Protested event | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sun Aug 6, 1995 | 56A | Atomic bomb trial, briefly | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tue Mar 14, 1995 | 8D | Military experiment, perhaps | Bob Klahn |
| Fri Sep 9, 1994 | 48D | Underground event | Bob Klahn |