| ENOLAGAY | B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb to be used in war |
| MAJORPROPS | B-29 Superfortress requirement? |
| WARPLANE | Marauder or Superfortress |
| ENOLA | ____ Gay, name of the U.S. bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb in 1945 (5) |
| HIROSHIMA | A port on South West Honshu, Japan, largely destroyed by the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare (9) |
| PAOLOVERONESE | Venice-based Italian Renaissance painter whose works include The Wedding at Cana and The Feast in the House 32 Bomber that dropped the of Levi (5,8) |
| HBOMAX | Streaming service that dropped the first three letters of its name when it rebranded in 2023 |
| MRSDASH | Seasoning brand that dropped the first part of its name in 2020 |
| SHADY | What kind of "Lady" was the name of the B-24 bomber that in August 1943 flew one of the then longest bombing missions from Darwin to Borneo. a flight recorded in a 2012 documentary? (5) |
| WHALER | Boat fit to be used in war, gutted (6) |
| STUKA | German Junkers-87 dive-bomber that was first tried out in the Spanish Civil War (5) |
| DAUPHIN | Title of the direct heir to the used in war (5,3) |
| OPPENHEIMER | J Robert, scientific director of the US laboratory that produced the first atomic bomb (11) |
| LITTLEBOY | What was the codename for the first atomic bomb, dropped on Hiroshima? (6,3) |
| VIPERISH | Malicious flying bomb to be destroyed |
| BSA | Grp. that dropped the "B" for "Boy" from its name in Feb. 2025 |
| LOSALAMOS | Town in New Mexico, US, where the first atomic bomb was developed |
| INANE | The silly girl: the one that dropped the ball (5) |
| AITCH | Character that dropped the case in the chase |
| LANCASTER | One carrying bombs to be thrown into street and river |
