| Rapid growth period |
LA Times Daily |
17 Feb 2026 |
| Sound of an explosion |
Newsday |
10 Feb 2026 |
| Explosively prosperous period? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Jan 2026 |
| Pole on sailing boat to increase in value (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Dec 2025 |
| Controller of sail or microphone (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
24 Dec 2025 |
| "Bam!" |
USA Today |
28 Nov 2025 |
| ___ box (portable radio) |
|
|
| *Loud sound that may be heard as James Bond walks away from an explosion |
|
|
| Rumbling noise from motorway - I don't like that at first |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Aug 2025 |
| Extendable pole supporting an overhead camera or microphone on a TV or film set (4) |
|
|
| Prosperous period |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jul 2025 |
| Market upsurge or crash? |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jul 2025 |
| Period of great prosperity (4) |
Mirror Classic |
24 Jun 2025 |
| Economic upsurge (4) |
|
|
| A bar or chain stretched across a harbour (4) |
|
|
| Spar to which a sail is fastened on a ship to control its position relative to the wind (4) |
|
|
| Battlefront spectacles with medium explosion (4) |
|
|
| Upswing |
LA Times Daily |
18 May 2025 |
| Explosive sound from harbour barrier (4) |
|
|
| Barrier across a harbour |
|
|
| To cry a lot makes a big noise (4) |
|
|
| Hollow sound of sudden prosperity? (4) |
|
|
| ___ box (portable radio) |
|
|
| Period of prosperity |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Apr 2025 |
| [That's how you do it!] |
|
|
| Sound at a fireworks show |
|
|
| ___ box (portable radio) |
|
|
| Sound heard a lot on the Fourth of July |
|
|
| Floating barrier at harbour mouth (4) |
|
|
| "Sonic ___" |
TV |
16 Feb 2025 |
| "Take THAT!" |
New York Times |
12 Feb 2025 |
| Movie lot's _ mic |
|
|
| Good time |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jan 2025 |
| Big increase in sales |
|
|
| Low and hard kick in AFL, ... burner (4) |
|
|
| Lower it on a time of prosperity? |
|
|
| Good time to make a noise (4) |
|
|
| Low, bass, rolling sound |
|
|
| ___ box (portable radio) |
|
|
| Fireworks sound |
Universal |
11 Dec 2024 |
| Rapid rise in prosperity |
|
|
| ___ box (portable radio) |
|
|
| ___ box (portable radio) |
|
|
| Microphone pole (4) |
|
|
| Good time for resonance |
Mirror Cryptic |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Deep sound |
Mirror Quick |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Sonic - - -, shock-wave noise |
Mirror Tea Time |
21 Oct 2024 |
| Noise heard before ERANG EFFECT? |
|
|
| Period of rapid economic growth |
|
|
| A barrier to economic prosperity? (4) |
|
|
| Sudden economic prosperity |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Oct 2024 |
| - -and-bust |
|
|
| Period of economic growth (4) |
The Guardian Speedy |
30 Sep 2024 |
| Period of economic growth (4) |
The Guardian Speedy |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Economic heyday |
Newsday |
27 Sep 2024 |
| Antithesis of bust |
|
|
| Word after sonic or baby |
LA Times Daily |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Bust's opposite, in economics |
|
|
| Loud noise a period of prosperity (4) |
|
|
| Sis ___ bah |
|
|
| Reverberate (4) |
Puzzler |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Fireworks sound |
LA Times Daily |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Explosion sound |
USA Today |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Large firework sound |
USA Today |
13 Aug 2024 |
| Prosperous time |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Jul 2024 |
| Loud noise |
Universal |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Sound of explosion in time of prosperity (4) |
|
|
| ___ box (portable radio) |
|
|
| Big economic upturn |
|
|
| When repeated twice, a John Lee Hooker song that sounds like a "dynamite" |
|
|
| Something that could be put across harbour in period of prosperity (4) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
09 Jun 2024 |
| Period of economic prosperity |
The Times Concise |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Prosperous period (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
05 Jun 2024 |
| It often goes in front of bust or bosom, not heart (4) |
|
|
| Sonic ___ (sound made by a high-speed aircraft) |
|
|
| Period of prosperity |
Wall Street Journal |
28 May 2024 |
| "Sonic ___" (animated series) |
TV |
26 May 2024 |
| Cannon sound |
Thomas Joseph |
22 May 2024 |
| Explosive sound |
Commuter |
20 May 2024 |
| ___ box (portable sound system) |
|
|
| Explosion sound |
Newsday |
14 May 2024 |
| Explosive sound |
Commuter |
06 May 2024 |
| Upsurge in activity |
|
|
| Gear for a grip |
LA Times Daily |
18 Apr 2024 |
| ___ box (portable radio) |
|
|
| Economic high |
Commuter |
09 Apr 2024 |
| An explosive state of the economy? (4) |
|
|
| Explosive sound |
Commuter |
08 Apr 2024 |
| ___ box (portable radio) |
|
|
| Period of growth |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Mar 2024 |
| Supersonic jet sound |
Commuter |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Market upsurge (4) |
|
|
| Feature on a ship for extending the sail (4) |
|
|
| ___ Bang-A-Bang, Lulu's 1969 Eurovision winning song (4) |
|
|
| Sound like a bittern when it's a good time for business (4) |
|
|
| Report in good time? (4) |
|
|
| Report in good time? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 Feb 2024 |
| "TikTok, ___" (2022 documentary) |
|
|
| Resounding sound in period of rapid growth (4) |
|
|
| Way of working former pupil promoted to create upswing |
|
|
| Harbour bar in which business is unusually brisk |
|
|
| Good time for report |
Mirror Cryptic |
07 Feb 2024 |
| Explosion |
Mirror Quick |
07 Feb 2024 |
| Sound from a cannon |
Family Time |
04 Feb 2024 |
| Prosperous period |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Jan 2024 |
| Express disapproval with masculine roar |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Jan 2024 |
| Expresses disapproval when first piece of music is very loud |
|
|
| Loud sound |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jan 2024 |
| Cycle of prosperity; ___ and bust |
|
|
| Explosion sound |
Newsday |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Dynamite sound |
Universal |
20 Jan 2024 |
| "Tick, Tick... ___" (2021 Netflix movie)(4) |
|
|
| Reverberate |
Puzzler Backwords |
07 Jan 2024 |
| Strengthen pole attached to sail (4) |
|
|
| Good time for a report |
Mirror Cryptic |
24 Dec 2023 |
| Explosion |
Mirror Quick |
24 Dec 2023 |
| Prosperous times (4) |
|
|
| Opposite of "bust" |
|
|
| Economic growth |
|
|
| I don't like that male bittern's call (4) |
|
|
| I don't like that male bittern's call |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Dec 2023 |
| Prosperous period |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Dec 2023 |
| ___ box (portable radio) |
|
|
| Literary work largely marks period of prosperity (4) |
|
|
| ___ and bust cycles |
USA Today |
17 Nov 2023 |
| Period of economic growth |
|
|
| Opposite of bust |
New York Times |
06 Nov 2023 |
| Loud noise – period of prosperity |
The Guardian Quick |
02 Nov 2023 |
| Period of economic growth |
The Guardian Speedy |
29 Oct 2023 |
| ___ box (portable music player) |
|
|
| Market upswing |
LA Times Daily |
22 Sep 2023 |
| Pole to prosper |
The Times Cryptic |
14 Aug 2023 |
| Prosperous time |
Universal |
28 Jul 2023 |
| Detonation sound |
USA Today |
19 Jun 2023 |
| Explosive sound |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Apr 2023 |
| ___ box (portable radio) |
|
|
| Prosperous period |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2023 |
| Sound of an explosion |
New York Times |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Time of prosperity |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Dec 2022 |
| Economic ___ (period of growth) |
|
|
| Period of prosperity |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Sep 2022 |
| Sonic ___ (loud sound) |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2022 |
| Very prosperous period |
The Times Concise |
21 Jun 2022 |
| Prosperous period |
USA Today |
15 Jun 2022 |
| Sailing spar |
The Washington Post |
18 Mar 2022 |
| Sailing spar |
LA Times Daily |
18 Mar 2022 |
| Sound disapproving of motorway expansion |
|
|
| Sound disapproving of motorway expansion |
The Guardian Quiptic |
24 Jan 2022 |
| Period of growth |
USA Today |
05 Jan 2022 |
| Explosion sound |
Universal |
26 Dec 2021 |
| Prosperous time |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Sep 2021 |
| Bomb bang |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Aug 2021 |
| Prosperous period |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2021 |
| Period of growth |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Jun 2021 |
| Bust's opposite |
USA Today |
29 May 2021 |
| Express disapproval with mass roar |
|
|
| Barrier for prosperity |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Mar 2021 |
| Prosperous period |
The Times Concise |
17 Mar 2021 |
| Period of great growth |
|
|
| "Baby" or "sonic" follower |
|
|
| To express disapproval of Mike leads to explosion |
|
|
| Dynamite sound |
USA Today |
24 Dec 2020 |
| Report a time of prosperity |
|
|
| Bust's counterpart |
New York Times |
01 Dec 2020 |
| Sonic ___ |
Universal |
25 Nov 2020 |
| ___ and bust |
USA Today |
29 Oct 2020 |
| Period of prosperity |
USA Today |
20 Oct 2020 |
| Big bang |
Newsday |
18 Oct 2020 |
| [There you have it!] |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2020 |
| Prosperous period |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Aug 2020 |
| Fireworks sound |
Newsday |
05 Aug 2020 |
| Period of prosperity |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Jul 2020 |
| Economic ___ (period of growth) |
|
|
| ___ box (portable radio) |
|
|
| Explosive sound |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jun 2020 |
| Explosive sound |
The Washington Post |
15 Jun 2020 |
| Dynamite sound |
|
|
| Prosperous period |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 May 2020 |
| [Out of nowhere!] |
New York Times |
29 Mar 2020 |
| Detonation sound |
USA Today |
05 Mar 2020 |
| ___ box (portable radio) |
|
|
| Economic upswing, say |
|
|
| Economic spurt |
Canadiana |
02 Dec 2019 |
| Good time |
LA Times Daily |
16 Nov 2019 |
| Good time |
The Washington Post |
16 Nov 2019 |
| Good news for the economy |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Nov 2019 |
| *"KA-BLAM!" |
Universal |
29 Oct 2019 |
| "Baby" or "sonic" follower |
Universal |
08 Sep 2019 |
| Period of prosperity |
The Times Concise |
31 Aug 2019 |
| Heads of big old organisations mainly flourish |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Jul 2019 |
| Fireworks noise |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Jul 2019 |
| Economic upswing |
Jonesin |
25 Jun 2019 |
| Prosperous period, in a market, maybe |
|
|
| Cannon sound |
Thomas Joseph |
09 May 2019 |
| Blair's reported prosperity |
|
|
| Bonanza |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Apr 2019 |
| ___ box (portable radio) |
|
|
| Market upsurge or crash? |
|
|
| "Baby" or "sonic" follower |
|
|
| *"KA-BLAM!" |
|
|
| Period of prosperity |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2018 |
| Period of prosperity |
The Washington Post |
31 Dec 2018 |
| Market upswing |
LA Times Daily |
01 Oct 2018 |
| Market upswing |
The Washington Post |
01 Oct 2018 |
| Bonanza; roar |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Jul 2018 |
| Prosperous period |
New York Times |
10 Jun 2018 |
| No work for bookworm to pick-up? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
08 Jun 2018 |
| High time |
LA Times Daily |
18 Mar 2018 |
| High time |
The Washington Post |
18 Mar 2018 |
| Sound from a cannon |
Family Time |
11 Mar 2018 |
| Economic success |
Universal |
11 Feb 2018 |
| Nautical spar that's never bust? |
|
|
| Prosperous period |
Newsday |
28 Jan 2018 |
| Cannon sound |
Universal |
12 Jan 2018 |
| Market upswing |
|
|
| Cannon sound |
|
|
| Prosperous period |
|
|
| Period of prosperity |
|
|
| Period of prosperity |
|
|
| Economic success |
|
|
| Period of economic growth |
USA Today |
22 Nov 2017 |
| Word after sonic or baby |
Canadiana |
31 Jul 2017 |
| Bust's antithesis |
USA Today |
13 Jul 2017 |
| "1812 Overture" sound |
USA Today |
26 Jun 2017 |
| The sound a bomb makes |
|
|
| Economic upswing |
Newsday |
06 Apr 2017 |
| Popular strategy game from Supercell : ___ Beach |
|
|
| Prosperous time |
USA Today |
02 Mar 2017 |
| Cannon sound |
USA Today |
04 Jan 2017 |
| Period of economic growth |
|
|
| "1812 Overture" sound |
|
|
| Bust's antithesis |
|
|
| Bust's opposite |
|
|
| Cannon sound |
|
|
| Economic upturn |
|
|
| Prosperous time |
|
|
| Economic upturn |
USA Today |
31 Dec 2016 |
| Upsurge |
LA Times Daily |
12 Dec 2016 |
| Bust's counterpart |
Jonesin |
30 Aug 2016 |
| Prosperous period |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Aug 2016 |
| Big sound from the heart? Not the heart |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Jun 2016 |
| Cannon's sound |
Universal |
06 Jun 2016 |
| Explosion sound |
Newsday |
29 Mar 2016 |
| 'Kapow!' |
The Washington Post |
21 Mar 2016 |
| Sudden growth, as of population |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2016 |
| One growing up fast? |
LA Times Daily |
05 Feb 2016 |
| Cousin of pow! or wham! |
New York Times |
24 Jan 2016 |
| Starts 7 down with a bang |
Irish Times Crosaire |
13 Jan 2016 |
| One growing up fast? |
|
|
| Cousin of pow! or wham! |
|
|
| Sudden growth, as of population |
|
|
| Upsurge |
|
|
| Cannon's sound |
|
|
| Jeer medium after a period of prosperity |
Irish Times Crosaire |
24 Dec 2015 |
| Dynamite sound |
The Washington Post |
15 Dec 2015 |
| Good times |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Dec 2015 |
| 'Bam!' |
The Washington Post |
06 Dec 2015 |
| Growth period |
LA Times Daily |
15 Nov 2015 |
| Explosive sound |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Sep 2015 |
| Loud noise |
LA Times Daily |
21 Aug 2015 |
| Mike holder |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jul 2015 |
| Economic upswing |
USA Today |
14 Jun 2015 |
| Sign of dissatisfaction with maiden's bust may follow this |
|
|
| Prosperous time |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Jun 2015 |
| Time of great prosperity |
The Times Concise |
29 Apr 2015 |
| Report of economic upturn |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Mar 2015 |
| Horizontal spar |
LA Times Daily |
07 Mar 2015 |
| Prosperous period |
|
|
| Economic upswing |
|
|
| Fireworks sound |
|
|
| "Bam!" |
|
|
| Growth period |
|
|
| Horizontal spar |
|
|
| Loud noise |
|
|
| Mike holder |
|
|
| Dynamite sound |
|
|
| Period of prosperity |
|
|
| Prosperous period |
|
|
| Be critical of money in period of prosperity |
|
|
| Period of economic growth |
|
|
| Explosive sound |
|
|
| Thunderous sound |
|
|
| Battle report |
|
|
| Good economic news |
|
|
| Period of great growth |
|
|
| Swinging part of a sailboat |
|
|
| Prosperous period |
|
|
| Good time |
|
|
| "Kablooie!" |
|
|
| See 53-Across |
|
|
| Rapid upsurge in prosperity |
|
|
| Good time |
|
|
| Dynamite sound |
|
|
| "Kablooie!" |
|
|
| Up time |
|
|
| Period of prosperity |
|
|
| Prosperous period |
|
|
| Period of prosperity |
|
|
| Explosion sound |
|
|
| Sound heard on the Fourth of July |
|
|
| Prosperous time |
|
|
| Rapid economic expansion |
|
|
| Film set item |
|
|
| Stretch of good results |
|
|
| Bust's opposite |
|
|
| Rapid economic expansion |
|
|
| Hiring may accompany one |
|
|
| Prosperous period |
|
|
| Hiring may accompany one |
|
|
| Sound made when passing the sound barrier |
|
|
| Growth spurt |
|
|
| Thriving time |
|
|
| Crane component |
|
|
| Period of prosperity |
|
|
| Surge in sales |
|
|
| Time of prosperity |
|
|
| Bust's opposite |
|
|
| Crane component |
|
|
| Surge in sales |
|
|
| Business owner's delight |
|
|
| Sound made when passing the sound barrier |
|
|
| Bust alternative |
|
|
| Economic prosperity |
|
|
| Bust's opposite |
|
|
| Sonic -- |
|
|
| Sound of thunder |
|
|
| Sonic sound |
|
|
| Prosperous period |
|
|
| Bust's opposite |
|
|
| Thriving time |
|
|
| A-B |
|
|
| Ka-blam! |
|
|
| Economic upswing |
|
|
| Thriving time |
|
|
| 'Ka-blam!' |
|
|
| Prosperity |
|
|
| Loud sound |
|
|
| Period of prosperity |
|
|
| Artillery sound |
|
|
| Sonic sound |
|
|
| Sound of ... an explosion |
|
|
| Rapid expansion |
|
|
| Big bang |
|
|
| Thriving time |
|
|
| High time |
|
|
| Economic upturn |
|
|
| High time |
|
|
| Thunderous sound |
|
|
| Good news for the economy |
|
|
| Gunshot sound |
|
|
| Fireworks feature |
|
|
| Thriving time |
|
|
| Mike holder on a film set |
|
|
| High time |
|
|
| Microphone holder |
|
|
| Economic surge |
|
|
| Growth period |
|
|
| Mike support |
|
|
| Bust's opposite |
|
|
| Mike support |
|
|
| Prosperous time |
|
|
| Bust's antithesis |
|
|
| Baby __ |
|
|
| Growth period |
|
|
| Mike support |
|
|
| Prosperity |
|
|
| Bust opposite |
|
|
| Prosperity |
|
|
| Good economic news |
|
|
| More than an uptick |
|
|
| Economic heyday |
|
|
| Economic upswing |
|
|
| "1812 Overture" sound |
|
|
| Economic period |
|
|
| Bust alternative |
|
|
| Growth period |
|
|
| "Fall down, go __" |
|
|
| Microphone holder |
|
|
| Prosperity |
|
|
| Prosperous time |
|
|
| Derrick |
|
|
| Up time |
|
|
| Bust alternative |
|
|
| 1968 Taylor/Burton clinker |
|
|
| Up time |
|
|
| Rapid growth |
|
|
| Bust's opposite |
|
|
| Economic upswing |
|
|
| Growth period |
|
|
| Baby ___ |
|
|
| Sound of thunder |
|
|
| Bust alternative |
|
|
| Bust's opposite |
|
|
| Mike holder |
|
|
| Prosperous time |
|
|
| Good times |
|
|
| Price jump |
|
|
| Economic prosperity |
|
|
| Sonic noise |
|
|
| Artillery sound |
|
|
| Bust's opposite |
|
|
| Sonic ____ |
|
|
| High time |
|
|
| Cannon sound |
|
|
| Bust alternative |
|
|
| Bust opposite |
|
|
| High time |
|
|
| [Sans warning!] |
|
|
| Period of economic growth |
|
|
| Kind of box |
|
|
| It may be sonic |
|
|
| Kin of "wham!" |
|
|
| Kapow! |
|
|
| Cannon's sound |
|
|
| Ship's pole |
|
|
| Economic news |
|
|
| Bust's opposite |
|
|
| Economic expansion |
|
|
| Economic success |
|
|
| Thrive |
|
|
| Sometimes it's lowered |
|
|
| TV studio device |
|
|
| Cannon sound |
|
|
| Sudden prosperity |
|
|
| Vigorous growth |
|
|
| What Clancy lowered |
|
|
| Derrick's arm |
|
|
| Bust's antithesis |
|
|
| Arm of a crane |
|
|
| Flourish |
|
|
| Type of spar |
|
|
| Opposite of bust |
|
|
| Upsurge |
|
|
| "I Faw Down an' Go ___" |
|
|
| Period of rapid growth |
|
|
| European bittern's cry |
|
|
| TV technician's equipment |
|
|
| Explosive sound |
|
|
| Period of expansion |
|
|
| Bust's partner |
|
|
| Growth period |
|
|
| Bust's counterpart |
|
|
| Big sound |
|
|
| Economic expansion |
|
|
| Bust's companion |
|
|
| Taylor-Burton movie |
|
|
| Sonic ___ |
|
|
| Part of a derrick. |
|
|
| Sudden wave of prosperity. |
|
|
| Bittern's cry. |
|
|
| Bass drumbeat. |
|
|
| Deep, hollow sound. |
|
|
| Take a favorable turn. |
|
|
| Deep hollow sound. |
|
|
| Super-prosperity. |
|
|
| Business upturn. |
|
|
| Loud noise. |
|
|
| Upsurge in trade. |
|
|
| Prosperity. |
|
|
| Lush period. |
|
|
| Flourish. |
|
|
| Spar. |
|
|
| Derrick pole. |
|
|
| Inflationary rise in prices. |
|
|
| Strong political movement. |
|
|
| Hollow roar. |
|
|
| Sonic ___. |
|
|
| Good economic news |
|
|
| Period of prosperity. |
|
|
| Blessing. |
|
|
| Inflationary period. |
|
|
| Flourish vigorously, as business. |
|
|
| Favorable turn in business. |
|
|
| Grow rapidly. |
|
|