What fills some shells (3)

I believe the answer is:

tnt

(Other definitions for tnt that I've seen before include "Initially, powerful explosive" , "Explosive compound" , "Explosive stuff" , "Type of high explosive" , "Very powerful explosive, compressed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.com and the Newsday.

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