Possible Clues:

• It blows things up, in brief
• The "N" in "TNT"
• Explosive emperor has it in for leader of enemy
• Prefix with "glycerine"
• It can be explosive
• "Glycerine" start
• Boom-er?
• Hot-rod fuel, for short
• Dimwit stripped iron to make explosive
• Liquid asset in a booming business?