They're cut to defuse an explosive Crossword Clue

• Does some electrical work on

  New York Times · Wednesday, May 28, 2025 · 5 letters

• Confusion might ensue when they're crossed

  New York Times · Wednesday, December 21, 2022 · 5 letters

• Lines of power

  New York Times · Thursday, May 27, 2021 · 5 letters

• Some office desk clutter

  New York Times · Friday, January 15, 2021 · 5 letters

• Tangle behind a computer, maybe

  New York Times · Monday, May 18, 2020 · 5 letters

• Circuitry connectors

  New York Times · Wednesday, January 17, 2018 · 5 letters

• Some messages from messengers

  New York Times · Saturday, March 14, 2015 · 5 letters

• Current carriers

  New York Times · Sunday, August 11, 2013 · 5 letters

• Current conductors

  New York Times · Monday, October 18, 2010 · 5 letters

• Some money transfers

  New York Times · Sunday, February 22, 2009 · 5 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 16-Across Many a fund-raising target, informally
• 17-Across "We have a mutual friend?!"
• 18-Across Smurf who is more than 500 years old
• 19-Across See 20-Across
• 20-Across With 19-Across, swing dance originating in Harlem
• 21-Down Eager buyer's question
• 22-Across Cue ... or queue
• 22-Down Traps in a laundry room
• 23-Across Only player to win three Super Bowl M.V.P. awards before turning 30
• 24-Down Not a particular one
• 25-Across Reducing to rubble
• 25-Down Snack brand since 1934