| Business owner's delight | 28 |
| Artillery sound | 15 |
| A-B | 3 |
| [Sans warning!] | 15 |
| "Kablooie!" | 21 |
| "I Faw Down an' Go ___" | 37 |
| 'Ka-blam!' | 18 |
| Grew rapidly, as a population | 29 |
| Resounded | 9 |
| Blew up | 7 |
| Grew rapidly | 12 |
| Didn't merely grow | 22 |
| Sounded like thunder | 20 |
| Sounded like an explosion | 25 |
| Made a loud sound | 17 |
| Increased significantly, as the economy | 39 |
| Increased significantly | 23 |
| Grew swiftly | 12 |
| Exploded, in a sense | 20 |
| Did well, as the economy | 24 |
| Thunderclap | 11 |
| Baby __ | 7 |
| Gen-Xer's parent | 20 |
| Xer's parent, probably | 26 |
| Word with baby or schuss | 24 |
| Type of baby in the news | 24 |
| One born in the '50s | 24 |
| Oklahoma settler | 16 |
| New arrival of the 1950s? | 25 |
| Giant kangaroo | 14 |
| Gen Xer's dad | 17 |
| Football's Esiason | 22 |
| Dog on TV | 9 |
| Baseball's George Scott | 27 |
| A roisterous roo | 16 |
| ___ State (Oklahoma) | 20 |
| Unintended upshot | 17 |
| Unwelcome reversal ... or a title for this puzzle? | 50 |
| Gen-Xers' parents | 21 |
| Post-W.W. II demographic, informally | 36 |
| Parents of Gen Xers | 19 |
| New grandparents, probably | 26 |
| Gen Xer's parents | 21 |
| Prosperous | 10 |
| Like business at a prosperous company | 37 |
| Super-successful family rule? | 29 |
| Really loud regime? | 19 |
| Voice amplifier on a pole | 25 |
| Film-set device | 15 |
| Stark economic choice | 21 |
| Like a volatile economy | 23 |
| Economic-cycle extremes | 23 |
| Economic-cycle choices | 22 |
| Economic survival phrase | 24 |
| Economic extremes | 17 |
| Bumpy ride for the economy | 26 |
| Sail supports | 13 |
| Bullish times | 13 |
| Prosperous periods | 18 |
| Prosperous times | 16 |
| Mike holders | 12 |
| Times of prosperity | 19 |
| Thunders | 8 |
| Thunder sounds | 14 |
| Sounds from supersonic planes | 29 |
| They may be lowered | 19 |
| Cannon sounds | 13 |
| When bulls crow? | 16 |
| TV studio devices | 17 |
| Sounds SSTs made | 16 |
| Sonic noises | 12 |
| Sonic bursts | 12 |
| Sonic and economic | 18 |
| Some mikes | 10 |
| Growth periods | 14 |
| Explosion sounds | 16 |
| Economic spurts | 15 |
| Certain mikes | 13 |
| Certain mike supports | 21 |
| Big bangs | 9 |
| Suddenly prosperous community | 29 |
| Clark Gable movie | 17 |
| Thriving location | 17 |
| San Francisco, once | 19 |
| Prosperous place | 16 |
| Gold rush phenomenon | 20 |
| Fast-growing community | 22 |
| Fast grower, population-wise | 28 |
| Community that grew quickly | 27 |
| City with rapid population growth | 33 |
| Asset | 5 |
| Timely benefit | 14 |
| Timely blessing | 15 |
| Unexpected blessing | 19 |
| Big benefit | 11 |
| Jovial | 6 |
| Convivial | 9 |
| Lucky break | 11 |
| Unexpected advantage | 20 |
| Great benefit | 13 |