| ATOMICBOMBS | Japan surrendered after these were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945: 2 wds. |
| HARRYS | US president who authorised the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ... Truman (5,1) |
| APLUSBOMB | Word in August 1945 headlines of the "Crimson"? |
| ATOMBOMB | Nuclear weapon that devastated Nagasaki in 1945 (4,4) |
| MISSOURI | U.S. battleship aboard which Japan surrendered to the Allies |
| SECEDED | Surrendered after Second Ensign formally withdrew (7) |
| FWORD | Variants of it were dropped 569 times in "The Wolf of Wall Street," for short |
| MARRIED | United would be impaired if I were dropped (7) |
| TABLETS | These were made out of clay and used in ancient Mesopotamia. Scribes made marks on them when they were wet, and then they were baked or dried in the sun. |
| ERNIEPYLE | Pulitzer-winning WWII correspondent portrayed by Burgess Meredith in "Story of G.I. Joe" (1945): 2 wds. |
| SPINGARNMEDAL | NAACP award received by Paul Robeson in 1945: 2 wds. |
| ABOMB | Device dropped on Hiroshima in WW2 (1-4) |
| ENOLAGAY | Name given to the aircraft from which the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima (5,3) |
| LITTLEBOY | What was the codename for the first atomic bomb, dropped on Hiroshima? (6,3) |
| TRUMAN | Harry S. , U.S. president who ordered the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski in 1945 (6) |
| ENOLA | What was the name of the plane which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945? (5,3) |
| BLACKBOY | Richard Wright memoir of 1945: 2 wds. |
| HBOMB | It was dropped on Hiroshima |
| WEEDS | Would you Adam-and-Eve it if these were seen growing in the Garden of Eden? (5) |
| HOSTAGES | More than 200 of these were captured and brought to Gaza in October 2023 (8) |
