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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, October 30, 2009 | 36D | Charge stuff | David Levinson Wilk |
| Thursday, October 22, 2009 | 21A | "Saving Grace" airer | Joel Fagliano |
| Friday, October 09, 2009 | 4D | Producer of a 7-Down | David Quarfoot |
| Sunday, October 04, 2009 | 91D | Blast producer | Todd McClary |
| Sunday, September 06, 2009 | 106A | Nascar event airer | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Thursday, August 27, 2009 | 37A | C7H5N3O6 | Derek Bowman |
| Saturday, August 15, 2009 | 48D | Cause of a major downfall? | Matt Ginsberg |
| Sunday, August 09, 2009 | 51A | Block buster? | Patrick Blindauer & Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Wednesday, July 08, 2009 | 44A | "The Closer" cable channel | Tim Wescott |
| Wednesday, July 01, 2009 | 66D | Cable channel with the slogan "We Know Drama" | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, June 28, 2009 | 99D | Coyote's supply in Road Runner cartoons | Barry C. Silk |
| Sunday, May 24, 2009 | 113A | Volatile stuff | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, May 15, 2009 | 26A | Boom producer | Xan Vongsathorn |
| Tuesday, March 24, 2009 | 47A | Demolition aid | Pancho Harrison |
| Saturday, March 07, 2009 | 4D | Major downer? | Joe Krozel |
| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 | 36D | Big boom maker | Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel |
| Monday, December 22, 2008 | 5D | Grenade filler | Lynn Lempel |
| Saturday, December 06, 2008 | 54D | Rubble maker | Ashish Vengsarkar & Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| Sunday, August 31, 2008 | 58D | Cable channel whose first showing was "Gone With the Wind" | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Thursday, August 28, 2008 | 23A | C7H5N3O6 | Sheldon Benardo |
| Sunday, June 15, 2008 | 78D | Boom maker | Jeremy Newton |
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 | 107D | Big bang maker | Adam G. Perl |
| Friday, December 21, 2007 | 52D | "We Know Drama" sloganeer | Patrick Berry |
| Saturday, December 08, 2007 | 54A | Block buster? | Barry C. Silk |
| Monday, October 22, 2007 | 22A | Explosive initials | Lynn Lempel |
| Wednesday, October 03, 2007 | 49D | Contents of some shells | Robert Dillman |
| Thursday, August 23, 2007 | 52A | Contents of some shells | Joe Krozel |
| Wednesday, July 25, 2007 | 65D | "We know drama" channel | Ed Early |
| Monday, June 04, 2007 | 21D | Explosive inits. | Steve Kahn |
| Sunday, April 15, 2007 | 37A | Explosion maker | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, April 09, 2007 | 37D | Explosive inits. | J. K. Hummel |
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 | 73A | Blasting aid | Fred Piscop |
| Friday, March 02, 2007 | 9D | "We know drama" sloganeer | Eric Berlin |
| Tuesday, February 13, 2007 | 36D | Blasting material | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Monday, December 04, 2006 | 59D | Explosive letters | Richard Chisholm |
| Wednesday, November 22, 2006 | 68A | Blaster's need | Edward Alch |
| Sunday, June 18, 2006 | 61A | Blaster | Ben and Mark Tausig |
| Thursday, June 15, 2006 | 63A | Amatol ingredient | Adam Cohen |
| Sunday, May 07, 2006 | 54D | Destructive stuff | Trip Payne |
| Friday, March 24, 2006 | 5D | Shell contents | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 | 2D | Letters of discharge | Eric Berlin |
| Monday, December 26, 2005 | 44A | "We Know Drama" cable channel | Allan E. Parrish |
| Wednesday, December 07, 2005 | 43A | Army Corps of Engrs. supply | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 | 33D | Report letters? | Seth A. Abel |
| Monday, October 03, 2005 | 30A | Explosive | Roy Leban |
| Sunday, October 02, 2005 | 23D | Big bang cause | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, September 28, 2005 | 51A | Explosive inits. | Randall J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 | 56A | Cable choice | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Thursday, July 07, 2005 | 34D | Big bang producer | David Quarfoot |
| Monday, July 04, 2005 | 62D | Blasting stuff | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, February 06, 2005 | 51A | Great leveler | Joel Kaplow |
| Tuesday, January 11, 2005 | 67A | You can get a bang out of it | Sarah Keller |
| Monday, January 10, 2005 | 60A | Explosive initials | David Pringle |
| Sunday, January 02, 2005 | 32D | Cause of a big blowup | Patrick Merrell |
| Wednesday, December 15, 2004 | 6D | Explosive stuff | Zach Jesse |
| Friday, December 03, 2004 | 48A | Discharge letters? | Michael Shteyman |
| Monday, November 01, 2004 | 21D | Cable TV choice | Kendall Twigg and Nancy Salomon |
| Saturday, October 02, 2004 | 10D | SHO alternative | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, September 19, 2004 | 95A | 1863 German invention, for short | Kyle Mahowald |
| Monday, September 06, 2004 | 8D | Boom producer, for short | Michael Shteyman |
| Sunday, August 29, 2004 | 53A | "We know drama" sloganeer | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, August 26, 2004 | 47A | It may give you a charge | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Thursday, August 19, 2004 | 31D | Blaster | Ed Early |
| Sunday, August 08, 2004 | 43D | Atlanta-based channel | Bill Zais |
| Wednesday, July 28, 2004 | 44A | Cable inits. | Mark Elliot Skolsky |
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 | 57D | Bang maker | Roy Leban |
| Tuesday, May 25, 2004 | 6D | Explosive | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, May 16, 2004 | 121A | Kind of charge | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, April 18, 2004 | 121D | It does a bang-up job | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, April 11, 2004 | 95A | It may be brought up on charges | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, March 29, 2004 | 46A | Explosive letters | Barry Silk |
| Sunday, February 22, 2004 | 84A | Cause of many a blowup | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Sunday, January 04, 2004 | 109D | It can make molehills out of mountains | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, November 17, 2003 | 57A | Explosive letters | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, September 16, 2003 | 50A | Explosive initials | Michael Doran |
| Friday, September 05, 2003 | 46A | Boomer or buster | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, July 29, 2003 | 29D | Big blast maker | Ed Early |
| Sunday, July 20, 2003 | 65D | It may be brought to a razing | Patrick Merrell |
| Thursday, June 12, 2003 | 9D | Discharge letters? | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, May 12, 2003 | 65D | Explosive | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, May 11, 2003 | 88D | It may come with charges | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, May 07, 2003 | 25A | A&E alternative | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, May 06, 2003 | 48A | Explosive inits. | Karen M. Tracey |
| Friday, March 14, 2003 | 14D | Explosive | Kevin Hagen |
| Monday, February 17, 2003 | 64D | Explosion maker | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, December 17, 2002 | 35A | Blaster's need | Tyler Hinman |
| Thursday, November 21, 2002 | 36D | Blast source | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, November 19, 2002 | 59D | It might make molehills out of mountains | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Monday, October 14, 2002 | 41D | Blast maker | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, October 04, 2002 | 10D | Rock blaster | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Wednesday, October 02, 2002 | 30D | Explosive | Eric Berlin |
| Sunday, August 11, 2002 | 58A | Boom maker | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, March 14, 2002 | 41D | Blast maker | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Saturday, February 09, 2002 | 21D | Cause of a blowup? | Rich Norris |
| Monday, November 19, 2001 | 8D | Explosive initials | Peter Gordon |
| Saturday, September 01, 2001 | 30D | Cable inits. | Dana Motley |
| Friday, August 17, 2001 | 23A | Effective leveler | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, May 28, 2001 | 40D | Blasting stuff | Gregory E. Paul |
| Tuesday, May 01, 2001 | 9D | AOL Time Warner network | Stanley Newman |
| Sunday, March 18, 2001 | 36A | Rubble-maker | Richard Silvestri |
| Sunday, March 11, 2001 | 86A | It may bring down the house | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Saturday, November 04, 2000 | 25A | Cable inits. since 1988 | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, September 27, 2000 | 13D | Demolition stuff | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, September 25, 2000 | 34A | Explosive stuff | Peter Gordon |
| Monday, September 11, 2000 | 20A | Big bang maker | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, September 08, 2000 | 56D | Shell filler | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Friday, September 01, 2000 | 37A | Great leveler | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, July 23, 2000 | 34A | Atlanta-based cable channel | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, June 25, 2000 | 82D | Part of amatol | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, June 07, 2000 | 51A | Detonation maker | John Duschatko |
| Monday, May 15, 2000 | 55A | Demolition stuff | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, April 23, 2000 | 118D | USA alternative | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Friday, March 10, 2000 | 49A | Relative of C4 | Chuck Deodene |
| Tuesday, January 11, 2000 | 4D | Rubble-maker | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Thursday, November 18, 1999 | 31D | It's found in sticks | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Thursday, May 20, 1999 | 61D | Atlanta-based station | Zack Butler |
| Sunday, January 31, 1999 | 5D | Big bang maker | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, December 03, 1998 | 40D | Demolitionist's supply | Cathy Millhauser |
| Monday, November 16, 1998 | 63D | Big bang maker | Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank |
| Wednesday, July 15, 1998 | 56A | It does blowups | Randall J. Hartman |
| Thursday, June 11, 1998 | 48A | Cable inits. | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, May 26, 1998 | 51A | Explosive letters | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Thursday, April 30, 1998 | 31A | Big bang producer | Kelly Clark |
| Saturday, February 21, 1998 | 36A | Big inits. in movies | Richard Hughes |
| Thursday, February 19, 1998 | 57D | It can make a molehill out of a mountain | A. J. Santora |
| Saturday, February 14, 1998 | 54D | Cable channel | Mark Diehl |
| Thursday, January 15, 1998 | 55D | Cable channel | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Friday, January 09, 1998 | 56D | You can get a charge out of it | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, January 05, 1998 | 45A | Big blast maker | Mark Moldowsky |
| Saturday, August 09, 1997 | 48A | It can move mountains | Raymond Hamel |
| Monday, June 09, 1997 | 35D | It's a blast | Thomas W. Schier |
| Monday, May 19, 1997 | 62D | Blaster's need | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, May 12, 1997 | 51D | Explosive inits. | Hugh Davis |
| Thursday, May 01, 1997 | 43D | Cable choice | Martin Schneider |
| Thursday, March 20, 1997 | 37D | Demolitionist's supply | A. J. Santora |
| Friday, March 07, 1997 | 57D | Metal shell filling | Jeff Herrington |
| Sunday, February 16, 1997 | 98A | Artillery shell component | M. Gaffney |
| Friday, January 24, 1997 | 58D | Cable letters | D. J. Kahn |
| Monday, November 25, 1996 | 8D | Explosive | M. Huret |
| Saturday, October 19, 1996 | 60D | Amatol ingredient | G. Petgrave |
| Saturday, October 12, 1996 | 31A | Cable inits. | R. Norris |
| Saturday, October 05, 1996 | 52D | It does a bang-up job | T. Payne |
| Friday, August 09, 1996 | 58A | Ingredient in a Bangalore torpedo | D. Tuller |
| Sunday, August 04, 1996 | 112D | USA competitor | D. Tuller |
| Tuesday, July 09, 1996 | 38A | Blast maker | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Sunday, May 12, 1996 | 50D | Charge letters | R. Silvestri |
| Sunday, May 05, 1996 | 86A | Cable network | D. J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, December 13, 1995 | 25A | Atlanta-based cable channel | Ernie Furtado |
| Wednesday, August 09, 1995 | 56D | Cable channel | Richard Hughes |
| Sunday, April 30, 1995 | 78D | Cable channel | Warren W. Reich |
| Saturday, April 29, 1995 | 20A | It's a blast | Fred Piscop |
| Saturday, January 21, 1995 | 32D | Cause of a blowup | Charles E. Gersch |
| Monday, January 16, 1995 | 24A | Blaster's need | Walter Covell |
| Wednesday, January 04, 1995 | 66D | Explosive stuff | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Friday, December 09, 1994 | 39A | C7-H5-N3-O6 familiarly | Matt Gaffney |
| Friday, October 28, 1994 | 32D | Cause of a blowup | Bryant White |
| Wednesday, October 26, 1994 | 26D | Cable network | Rich Norris |
| Sunday, October 23, 1994 | 123D | Bang maker | Cathy Millhauser |
| Friday, September 23, 1994 | 58A | It makes molehills out of mountains | Bryant White |
| Sunday, May 22, 1994 | 106D | Loaded letters | Randolph Ross |
| Tuesday, May 17, 1994 | 19A | Dynamite's kin | Harvey Estes |
| Saturday, April 23, 1994 | 18A | Boomer | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, March 19, 1994 | 25A | Cable TV choice | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, November 21, 1993 | 38D | Explosive stuff | Peter Gordon |