| ENOLAGAY | Plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 |
| ENOLA | What was the name of the plane which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945? (5,3) |
| LITTLEBOY | What was the codename for the first atomic bomb, dropped on Hiroshima? (6,3) |
| MRSDASH | Seasoning brand that dropped the first part of its name in 2020 |
| HIROSHIMA | City in Japan; target in 1945 of the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area (9) |
| ABOMB | Device dropped on Hiroshima in WW2 (1-4) |
| HBOMAX | Streaming service that dropped the first three letters of its name when it rebranded in 2023 |
| OPPENHEIMER | J Robert, scientific director of the US laboratory that produced the first atomic bomb (11) |
| ATOMBOMB | Explosive device that devastated Hiroshima in 1945 (4,4) |
| URANIUM | What type of atom bomb exploded over Hiroshima in 1945? (7) |
| LOSALAMOS | Town in New Mexico, US, where the first atomic bomb was developed |
| OTERO | New Mexico county where the first atomic bomb was exploded |
| 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) |
| ATOMICBOMBS | Japan surrendered after these were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945: 2 wds. |
| NAGASAKI | Which city was destroyed by an atomic bomb on August 9th, 1945? (8) |
| INANE | The silly girl: the one that dropped the ball (5) |
| AITCH | Character that dropped the case in the chase |
| TRUMAN | Harry S ---, the 33rd US President, who approved the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan (6) |
| EPCOT | Attraction that dropped the word "Center" from its name in 1994 |
| BSA | Grp. that dropped the "B" for "Boy" from its name in Feb. 2025 |
