| Nuclear weapon | 14 |
| Manhattan Project result | 24 |
| Manhattan Project goal | 22 |
| Enola Gay's payload | 23 |
| Enola Gay cargo | 15 |
| Result of the Manhattan Project | 31 |
| Manhattan Project creation | 26 |
| Fission device | 14 |
| Fat Man or Little Boy | 21 |
| Bikini blaster | 14 |
| Weapon in 1940s headlines | 25 |
| Oppenheimer development | 23 |
| Nuclear weapon, in old headlines | 32 |
| Mushroom maker | 14 |
| Manhattan Project weapon, for short | 35 |
| Focus of the Manhattan Project, briefly | 39 |
| Fat Man was one | 15 |
| Enola Gay's cargo | 21 |
| Drop ___ on (shock) | 19 |
| Destructive weapon | 18 |
| Cloud producer, informally | 26 |
| WWII-ending weapon | 18 |
| WWII development | 16 |
| WMD in 1940s headlines | 22 |
| Weapon of mass destruction in '45 headlines | 47 |
| Weapon of mass destruction | 26 |
| W.W. II-ending weapon, for short | 32 |
| W. W. II weapon | 15 |
| Trinity test subject | 20 |
| Teller's concern in the early 40's | 42 |
| Oppenheimer's creation, colloquially | 40 |
| Mushroom maker? | 15 |
| Mushroom cloudmaker | 19 |
| Mushroom cloud maker, briefly | 29 |
| Mushroom cloud former | 21 |
| Manhattan Project weapon | 24 |
| Manhattan Project result, informally | 36 |
| Manhattan Project outcome | 25 |
| Los Alamos project, briefly | 27 |
| Los Alamos project | 18 |
| It was hardly a Los Alamos bluff | 32 |
| Invention of 1945 | 17 |
| Hiroshima weapon | 16 |
| Hiroshima destroyer | 19 |
| Fermi focus | 11 |
| Fat Man in New Mexico, e.g. | 27 |
| Fat Man in New Mexico e.g. | 27 |
| Fat Man in New Mexico | 21 |
| Explosive development | 21 |
| Enola Gay's cargo item | 26 |
| Drop __ (announce startling news) | 33 |
| Cloud maker | 11 |
| Big news in 1945, informally | 28 |
| Big blast maker, for short | 26 |
| Big bang maker, briefly | 23 |
| Aug. 1945 weapon | 16 |
| 1945's ''Little Boy,'' for short | 52 |
| 1945 news, in headlines | 23 |
| "You Dropped ___ on Me" Gap Band | 42 |
| "Little Boy" in 8/6/45 news | 37 |
| "Fat Man," e.g. | 25 |
| "Fat Man and Little Boy" subject | 42 |
| ''Fat Man,'' e.g. | 33 |
| ''Enola Gay'' load | 34 |
| Have ___ to pick | 16 |
| Something to pick | 17 |
| Dry as ___ | 10 |
| "Give the dog ___" | 28 |
| Have __ to pick | 15 |
| Dry as __ | 9 |
| "To fetch her poor dog ___" | 37 |
| " . . . poor dog ___" | 31 |
| " . . . her poor dog ___" | 35 |
| What Mother Hubbard lacked | 26 |
| Trashmen song they buried for a dog? (hyph.) | 44 |
| Second of a poetic trio | 23 |
| Middle of a well-known Kipling trio | 35 |
| Have --- to pick | 16 |
| Dry as -- | 9 |
| Blind Pilot "I Buried ___" | 36 |
| Between a rag and a hank | 24 |
| AC/DC "Given the Dog ___" | 35 |
| "To give her poor dog ___" | 36 |
| "To get her poor dog __" | 34 |
| "To a rag and ___ . . . ": Kipling | 44 |
| "A rag and ___" | 25 |
| "...to fetch her poor dog ---" | 40 |
| "... to give her poor dog ___" | 40 |
| "... to get her poor dog ___" | 39 |
| "... to fetch her poor dog ___" | 41 |
| " . . . to get her poor dog ___" | 42 |
| ''... to fetch her poor dog ___'' | 49 |
| ``To get her poor dog ___'' | 35 |
| Peek-___ | 8 |
| "Peek-___!" | 21 |
| Peek-__ | 7 |
| Peek follower | 13 |
| Ending with peek or bug | 23 |
| Peek ending | 11 |
| "Peek-___, I see you!" | 32 |