| BIKINIATOLL | Coral reef in the Marshall Islands used for 23 nuclear bomb tests from 1946-1958 (6,5) |
| BIKINI | Atoll in the Marshall Islands used for US nuclear weapons tests from 1946-1958 (6) |
| ATOLL | Site of more than 20 nuclear bomb tests from 1946 to 1958, Bikini ... |
| PEEWEEREESE | Hall of Fame shortstop who played his entire career with the Dodgers (1940-1942 1946-1958): 3 wds. |
| BARRIERREEF | Largest coral reef in the world (5,7,4) |
| CUSTOM | Copper gets most used for 23, perhaps (6) |
| GREAT | Largest coral reef in the world (5,7,4) |
| BORABORA | Island in the Leeward group of the Society Islands used as a US military supply base in World War II (4,4) |
| NUTMEG | Spice derived from the seeds of a tree indigenous to the Molucca Islands, used to flavour bechamel sauce, wilted spinach and custard tarts (6) |
| KEITHMILLER | Australian cricketer nicknamed 'Nugget' who played in 55 Tests from 1946-56 (5,6) |
| EXXONVALDEZ | Oil tanker that struck Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, in March 1989 (5,6) |
| FISSIONBOMB | Nuclear bomb |
| NEUTRONBOMB | Nuclear bomb |
| NUCLEARARMS | Nuclear bomb |
| ENEWETAK | Official name for an atoll in the Marshall Islands- a US testing ground for atomic weapons (8) |
| BUCKISLAND | ___ Reef in the Caribbean Sea that was made an official U.S. National Monument in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy: 2 wds. |
| KEYS | Islands, sand banks or reefs in the West Indies and Florida (4) |
| IVAN | Dubbed Tsar Bomba by the West, the world's most powerful nuclear bomb tested in 1961 had this Soviet |
| REUNION | Island used for the get-together (7) |
| BOMBORA | Weapon that explodes central coral reef in Australia (7) |
