The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ATOMIC
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ATOMIC
- Description of tiny particle from potato, microscopic
- A cat I see, as mentioned, is very small
- Coat I’m sporting: sort of number where 9 is 19
- Very small American male in charge
- Type of power US agents tackling annual test reviewed
- Cat stops spies returning bomb?
- Kind of kitten or cat, one included in bill
- Tiny centrepieces displayed in Bath, Rome, Nice
- Alpha male in charge of something minute
- Incredibly small alpha male in charge
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The straight part
We know that "bomb?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bomb? = atomic.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ATOMIC mean?
ATOMIC noun- An atomic operation.
- Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
- Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.
- Infinitesimally small.
- Unable to be split or made any smaller.
- Of an operation: guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads.
- (of a commit in a VCS) Containing a single change, as opposed to involving numerous unrelated changes.