Potentially Explosive Situation Crossword Clue

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Updated: September 26, 2024

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	noun • a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence • a box for holding tinder
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	noun • a potentially explosive state • keg (usually made of metal) for gunpowder or blasting powder
	44%	10		To defuse a potentially explosive situation
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	Clue	Source
1	Can's rising oxygen produced cross — something potentially explosive? The Guardian Cryptic - 02 Jul 2009	The Guardian Cryptic / 02 Jul 2009
2	Experiences awful situation that's potentially explosive The Guardian Cryptic - 23 Apr 2008	The Guardian Cryptic / 23 Apr 2008
3	Explosive individual in explosive situation off the coast The Guardian Cryptic - 03 Dec 2003	The Guardian Cryptic / 03 Dec 2003
4	Firelighter; potentially explosive situation The Guardian Speedy - 04 Jul 2021	The Guardian Speedy / 04 Jul 2021
5	If one situation A supervenes on another situation B, then A is this type of situation
6	Rough pegs worked in potentially explosive situations The Guardian Cryptic - 28 May 2003	The Guardian Cryptic / 28 May 2003
7	To defuse a potentially explosive situation

Highly flammable object
Explosive situation
Dangerous situation
Old lighter
Touchy or explosive person or thing
Potential source of explosion
Old container for fire-lighting equipment
Guy Fawkes's kind of barrel?
Can's rising oxygen produced cross — something potentially explosive?
Potential source of explosive violence?

Barrel for holding explosive
*Situation set to explode
Keep word about government initially — it's potentially explosive!
Thing that's highly explosive
Situation that is a potential source of violence
Volatile situation
One might go off chest dating site put at top
Pork wedge (anag) — it could easily go off
Firelighter; potentially explosive situation

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