Firework
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

DUD
An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"

CAP
A tight-fitting headdress

4 letters

BOMB
Strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion

FIRE
The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"

FLAK
Intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"

SUMO
A Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground

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SONIC
(of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level; "a sonic boom"

ARSON
Malicious burning to destroy property; "the British term for arson is fire-raising"

FLACK
Intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"

FLARE
(baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield

SNAKE
Limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

SQUIB
Firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise

COMET
(astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit

6 letters

ORANGE
Round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees

MIGHTY
(Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily"

ROCKET
A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

BANGER
Firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing

MAROON
An exploding firework used as a warning signal

FIRING
The act of discharging a gun

ATOMIC
Immeasurably small

7 letters

FLAMING
Informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"

DRYFIRE

GUNFIRE
The act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"

GUNPLAY
A fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten

SERPENT
Limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

TORPEDO
Any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges

WHIZZER

CRACKER
Firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing

8 letters

CRACKERS
Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"

FILEFIRE

FIREWORK
(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.

GUNFIGHT
A fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten

MUSKETRY
The technique of using small arms (especially in battle)

PINWHEEL
A circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire

SHOOTOUT
A fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten

SHOOTING
The act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate"

TIMEFIRE

ZONEFIRE
Artillery or mortar fire delivered in a constant direction at several quadrant elevations

TIMEBOMB
A problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed; "India is a demographic time bomb"; "the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off"

SNOWDROP
Common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers

SPARKLER
Diamonds; "look at the ice on that dame!"

PLATINUM
A heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits

REDFLARE

AIRPLANE
An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"

9 letters

GALACTICA

CROSSFIRE
Fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross

FIREPOWER
(military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target

FIREWORKS

FLOWERPOT
A container in which plants are cultivated

GIRANDOLE
An ornate candle holder; often with a mirror

RAPIDFIRE

RIFLEFIRE

SHELLFIRE
Shooting artillery shells

SKYROCKET
Sends a firework display high into the sky

AEROPLANE
An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"

10 letters

THUNERCLAP

MIGHTYATOM

CHERRYBOMB
A red ball-shaped firecracker with high explosive power

DIRECTFIRE
Fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it

EXCITEMENT
Disturbance usually in protest

GROUNDFIRE
A forest fire that burns the humus; may not appear on the surface

LADYFINGER
Small finger-shaped sponge cake

MORTARFIRE
Artillery fire delivered by a mortar

PISTOLFIRE

PYROTECHNY
The craft of making fireworks

RAKINGFIRE

11 letters

CURTAINFIRE

FIRECRACKER
Firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing

ROMANCANDLE
A cylindrical firework that projects a series of colored balls of fire

PYROTECHNIC
(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.

JUMPINGJACK
Plaything consisting of a toy figure with movable joints that can be made to dance by pulling strings

SONICFIZZER

12 letters

HALLEYSCOMET

PYROTECHNICS
The craft of making fireworks

RICOCHETFIRE

VERTICALFIRE

13 letters

HIGHANGLEFIRE

14 letters

HORIZONTALFIRE

MACHINEGUNFIRE

PERCUSSIONFIRE

CATHERINEWHEEL
A circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire

15 letters

GALACTICGLITTER

16 letters

ANTIAIRCRAFTFIRE
Firing at enemy aircraft

FIREOFDEMOLITION

INTERDICTIONFIRE
Fire directed to an area to prevent the enemy from using that area