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53 total results for ABOMB( score: 50 )

29 results for ABOMB from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jun 15, 2024	10D	Oppenheimer's creation ... which "Oppenheimer" certainly wasn't	Ryan Judge	Fagliano
Mon Aug 12, 2019	12D	Detonation of 7/16/45	Jeffrey Wechsler	Shortz
Fri Dec 7, 2018	29A	Trinity test subject, informally	Sam Trabucco	Shortz
Sun Dec 2, 2018	72D	Manhattan Project creation	Paul Coulter	Shortz
Mon Oct 15, 2018	12D	Manhattan Project weapon, informally	Amanda Chung and Karl Ni	Shortz
Sun Jul 30, 2017	35D	Little Boy, e.g., informally	Isaac Mizrahi and David J. Kahn	Shortz
Wed Apr 1, 2015	7D	Manhattan Project project, informally	Sharon Delorme	Shortz
Wed Jan 21, 2015	26D	Enola Gay's payload, in brief	Jim Hilger	Shortz
Tue Jun 24, 2014	3D	Weapon of mass destruction in '45 headlines	Heather Valadez	Shortz
Wed Oct 24, 2012	27D	Manhattan Project result, informally	Ian Livengood	Shortz
Sun Sep 4, 2011	49A	Cloud producer, informally	Dana Delany and Matt Ginsberg	Shortz
Fri Jun 10, 2011	9A	Cloud maker	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Wed Aug 25, 2010	13A	Big blast maker, for short	Clive Probert	Shortz
Mon Jun 8, 2009	32A	W.W. II-ending weapon, for short	Randy Sowell	Shortz
Tue Oct 7, 2008	29D	Focus of the Manhattan Project, briefly	Kevin G. Der	Shortz
Wed Sep 5, 2007	67A	Manhattan Project result	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Wed May 30, 2007	22D	Weapon in 1940s headlines	Mike Nothnagel	Shortz
Wed Jul 19, 2006	1D	Mushroom maker	Alison Donald	Shortz
Sun May 21, 2006	9A	1945 news, in headlines	Ashish Vengsarkar	Shortz
Wed Jan 12, 2005	5D	"Little Boy" in 8/6/45 news	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Sat Dec 18, 2004	1A	Big news in 1945, informally	Dana Motley	Shortz
Mon Jul 12, 2004	45D	Mushroom cloud maker	Gregory E. Paul	Shortz
Mon Jul 28, 2003	9A	Nuclear weapon, in old headlines	Gregory E. Paul	Shortz
Mon Mar 20, 2000	5A	Nuclear weapon	Gregory E. Paul	Shortz
Thu Nov 25, 1999	27D	Result of the Manhattan Project	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Sun Nov 7, 1999	77A	Oppenheimer development	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Mon Nov 18, 1996	7D	Manhattan Project project	F. & L. Sabin	Shortz
Tue Jan 30, 1996	23A	Enola Gay payload	M. Skolsky	Shortz
Sun Jun 18, 1995	94D	Invention of 1945	Rich Norris	Shortz

24 results for ABOMB from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri May 21, 1993	49A	Mushroom maker?	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Sat May 8, 1993	6D	Enola Gay cargo	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Fri Oct 12, 1990	23A	Enola Gay cargo	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Sun Oct 16, 1988	10D	Fermi focus	Jim Page	Maleska
Sun Nov 17, 1985	55D	Aug. 1945 weapon	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Tue Feb 5, 1985	1D	Enola Gay's cargo item	Charlotte Shore	Maleska
Fri Apr 6, 1979	54A	Teller's concern in the early 40's	Vincent L. Osborne	Maleska
Sat Mar 25, 1978	31D	Nuclear weapon	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Wed Nov 16, 1977	3D	Destructive weapon	Jack L. Steinhardt	Maleska
Mon Sep 15, 1975	48A	Hiroshima weapon	Dennis Listort	Weng
Thu May 24, 1973	1A	W. W. II weapon	Unknown	Weng
Mon Nov 20, 1972	5A	Hiroshima destroyer	Unknown	Weng
Wed Sep 2, 1970	25D	Enola Gay's cargo	Unknown	Weng
Tue Dec 10, 1968	29D	Weapon.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Feb 22, 1968	5D	Phenomenon of 1945.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 19, 1967	91D	Fission weapon.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Tue Jul 4, 1967	6A	Explosive weapon.	Threba Johnson	Farrar
Sun Mar 27, 1966	80D	Weapon.	William A. Lewis, Jr.	Farrar
Mon Oct 30, 1961	13A	Lethal weapon.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Mar 11, 1957	28D	Los Alamos product.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Fri Feb 26, 1954	11D	Subject of a Baruch plan.	Israel Gitter	Farrar
Sun Aug 12, 1951	9A	International trump card.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Wed May 2, 1951	5A	Product of Los Alamos.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 3, 1950	8A	Subject of U. S. Government booklet.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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