Component of gunpowder initially not including the real explosive (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NITRE Component of gunpowder initially not including the real explosive (5) (5)
7% NITER Component of fertilizer and gunpowder (5) New York Times Mar 22, 2026
5% TNT Explosive (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic May 24, 2026
5% STEPS Flight components (5) Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026
5% BOOM Explosive sound (4) Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026
5% ARE "__ you for real?" (3) Commuter May 18, 2026
5% DOTS Colon components (4) Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026
5% SLOG Real grind (4) New York Times May 13, 2026
5% EMINEM Rapper whose hits include Stan and The Real Slim Shady (6) The Times Specialist May 11, 2026
5% SAYWHATNOW "Is that for real?!" (10) USA Today May 9, 2026
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