The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word GELIGNITE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result GELIGNITE
- Explosive, say, hurled back coal
- One third of German coal is explosive
- Turn on light and get cracking with this?
- Surprised expression about renovated tiling – factor in altering mine?
- Explosive switched for one type of coal
- Good and exceptionally gentle, I repeatedly can be explosive
- Banger turned on fire
- I’m surprised about tiling being shattered – by this?
- Set light to powerful explosive
- Angel ignites concealed explosive
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The straight part
We know that "get cracking with this" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case get cracking with this = gelignite.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GELIGNITE mean?
GELIGNITE noun- An explosive mixture of nitroglycerine and nitrate absorbed onto a base of wood pulp.