| Defense mechanism | 17 |
| Defense means, briefly | 22 |
| Defense means | 13 |
| Defense made of trees | 21 |
| Defense line | 12 |
| Defense lawyers' adversaries, for short | 43 |
| Defense initiative, for short | 29 |
| Defense initials | 16 |
| Defense in reply to a charge | 28 |
| Defense in a can | 16 |
| Defense headquarters | 20 |
| Defense grp., 1954-77 | 21 |
| Defense grp. that includes the U.S. | 35 |
| Defense grp. that disbanded in 1977 | 35 |
| Defense grp. since 1949 | 23 |
| Defense grp. of 1954-77 | 23 |
| Defense grp. headquartered in Brussels | 38 |
| Defense grp. headquartered in Belgium | 37 |
| Defense grp. founded in Bogotá | 33 |
| Defense grp. formed in Bogotá | 32 |
| Defense grp. formed in 1954 | 27 |
| Defense grp. dissolved in 1977 | 30 |
| Defense grp. abolished in 1977 | 30 |
| Defense grp. | 12 |
| Defense group founded in 1949 | 29 |
| Defense gp.? | 12 |
| Defense gp. with pilots | 23 |
| Defense gp. since 1949 | 22 |
| Defense gp. since 1948 | 22 |
| Defense gp. of 1954-'77 | 27 |
| Defense gp. founded in Bogotá | 32 |
| Defense gp. formed in Manila | 28 |
| Defense gp. formed in Bogotá | 31 |
| Defense gp. formed in 1949 | 26 |
| Defense gp. based in Brussels | 29 |
| Defense gp. | 11 |
| Defense force | 13 |
| Defense for some animals | 24 |
| Defense fence | 13 |
| Defense establishment? | 22 |
| Defense ditches | 15 |
| Defense ditch | 13 |
| Defense discipline | 18 |
| Defense device: Abbr. | 21 |
| Defense device | 14 |
| Defense Dept. branch | 20 |
| Defense Dept. arm | 17 |
| Defense Department org. | 23 |
| Defense Department headquarters | 31 |
| Defense Department gp. | 22 |
| Defense Department dept. | 24 |
| Defense contractor whose stock symbol is the same as its name | 61 |
| Defense contractor headquartered in Westchester Co. | 51 |
| Defense branch: Abbr. | 21 |
| Defense attorney, at times | 26 |
| Defense attorney's urging | 29 |
| Defense attorney's request | 30 |
| Defense attorney's client | 29 |
| Defense attorney's claim | 28 |
| Defense at court | 16 |
| Defense assn. until 1977 | 24 |
| Defense assn. disbanded in 1977 | 31 |
| Defense arm: Abbr. | 18 |
| Defense arm | 11 |
| Defense and electronics giant | 29 |
| Defense alliance since 1949 | 27 |
| Defense alliance | 16 |
| Defense aid | 11 |
| Defense agency since Nov. 2001 | 30 |
| Defense against some undead | 27 |
| Defense against snoring | 23 |
| Defense against siege towers | 28 |
| Defense against intruders | 25 |
| Defense against horse thieves? | 30 |
| Defense against a tormentor? | 28 |
| Defense against a thrust | 24 |
| Defense against a siege | 23 |
| Defense against a mugger | 24 |
| Defense advisory org. | 21 |
| Defense advisory grp. | 21 |
| Defense advisory group to the POTUS | 35 |
| Defense advisory gp. formed in 1947 | 35 |
| Defense advisory gp. | 20 |
| Defense acronym | 15 |
| Defense | 7 |
| Defends with zeal | 17 |
| Defends one's side | 22 |
| Defends | 7 |
| Defenders' org. | 19 |
| Defenders' assignments | 26 |
| Defenders of the country | 24 |
| Defenders of the common man | 27 |
| Defenders of France | 19 |
| Defender: Abbr. | 15 |
| Defender's opponent | 23 |
| Defender's fence | 20 |
| Defender's concern | 22 |
| Defender of Troy | 16 |
| Defender of Thermopylae | 23 |
| Defender of the West | 20 |