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1 result for DETONATES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Mar 22, 2008	33D	Sets off	Byron Walden	Shortz

3 results for DETONATES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jan 16, 1985	34D	Explodes	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Mon Nov 2, 1964	40A	Sets off.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 18, 1946	73A	Explodes.	Louise Rabb	Farrar

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