| SEMINARY | Mines exploded in front of a railway training institution (8) |
| RENEGADE | Grenade exploded in front of Eastern dissident (8) |
| EXPERIMENT | Mine exploded in professional test (10) |
| EXAMINEE | This person's tested component of Alexa - mine exploded! (8) |
| OUTBURST | In the open-air, exploded in fit of temper (8) |
| NEARMISS | Close shave as mines exploded around the destroyer's stern (4,4) |
| SHRAPNEL | Henry ?, British artillery officer; inventor of a shell that exploded in flight, scattering lead shot (8) |
| AUTOBAHN | A U-boat, to begin with, has never exploded in German transport lanes (8) |
| THAILAND | A fireworks factory exploded in this SE Asian country (8) |
| IRRUPTED | Forcibly exploded in papers covering Rupert Cook (8) |
| TERMINUS | Roman god of boundaries and landmarks; the last stop of a railway line or bus route (8) |
| TRAINMAN | An employee of a railway (8) |
| ENGINEER | In North America, the driver of a railway locomotive |
| TRACKAGE | In the USA, the lines of a railway system collectively |
| TERMINAL | End point of a railway line (8) |
| ANDERSON | Ryder Jackson's girlfriend who was injured after their food truck exploded in Home and Away (5,8) |
| KRAKATOA | Volcano that famously exploded in 1883 |
| MANPOWER | Personnel weapon exploded in mortar’s casing |
| MAINLINE | Principal occupation of a railway? (4,4) |
| BUFFER | Either of a pair of shock absorbers on the front or the rear of a railway vehicle; a ship's fender; or, a chief boatswain's mate (6) |
