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Celebrity's torment that's explosive (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

star shell

'explosive' is the definition.
(historical type of explosive)

'celebrity's torment' is the wordplay.
'celebrity's' becomes 'star's' (a star is a celebrity or famous person).
'torment' becomes 'hell'.
'stars'+'hell'='STAR-SHELL'

'that's' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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