| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| MUNROE | Smokeless-powder inventor |
| CORDITE | Smokeless powder |
| NOBEL | Smokeless powder producer. |
| cordites | smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly |
| cordite | smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly |
| guncotton | highly explosive cellulose nitrate, made by digesting clean cotton in a mixture of one part nitric acid and three parts sulfuric acid: used in making smokeless powder |
