| Defies the IOC, in a way | 24 |
| Defied the highway patrol | 25 |
| Deficit-reduction ploy? | 23 |
| Deficit-reducing measure | 24 |
| Deficient in mental grasp | 25 |
| Deficiency: Comb. form | 22 |
| Deficiency of red blood cells | 29 |
| Deficiency of element #8 | 24 |
| Deficiency of a designer? | 25 |
| Defibrillator's yell | 24 |
| Defibrillator user, for short | 29 |
| Defibrillator user's cry | 28 |
| Defibrillator locales: Abbr. | 28 |
| Defiantly cocky manner | 22 |
| Defiant stayer's stance | 27 |
| Defiant response to an order | 28 |
| Defiant kid's dare | 22 |
| Defiant challenge to an order | 29 |
| Defers, with "off" | 28 |
| Deferred-payment plan: Abbr. | 28 |
| Deferred payment of a sort | 26 |
| Deferred payment at the bar | 27 |
| Defer, with "off" | 27 |
| Defer payment, perhaps | 22 |
| Defer or differ ending | 22 |
| Defensive woes? (1967) | 22 |
| Defensive weapon, for short | 27 |
| Defensive tennis stroke | 23 |
| Defensive tackle Warren ___ | 27 |
| Defensive sportsstrategy | 24 |
| Defensive shot, in tennis | 25 |
| Defensive schoolyard retort | 27 |
| Defensive position in fencing | 29 |
| Defensive playground retort | 27 |
| Defensive linemen: Abbr. | 24 |
| Defensive linemen, at times | 27 |
| Defensive karate move? | 22 |
| Defensive fortifications | 24 |
| Defensive fortification | 23 |
| Defensive football tactic | 25 |
| Defensive end's stats | 25 |
| Defensive end Umenyiora | 23 |
| Defensive body covering | 23 |
| Defensive basketball tactic | 27 |
| Defensive back, at times | 24 |
| Defensive and offensive units | 29 |
| Defensive alliance since 1949 | 29 |
| Defenseman Bobby et al. | 23 |
| Defense-mechanism theorist | 26 |
| Defense-alliance acronym | 24 |
| Defense's focal point | 25 |
| Defense witness, perhaps | 24 |
| Defense weapons: Abbr. | 22 |
| Defense secretary under Nixon | 29 |
| Defense secretary Panetta | 25 |
| Defense secretary Chuck | 23 |
| Defense Secretary Aspin | 23 |
| Defense secretary after Gates | 29 |
| Defense planners in Wash. | 25 |
| Defense pact since 1949 | 23 |
| Defense pact signed in 1954 | 27 |
| Defense org. until 1992 | 23 |
| Defense org. since 1949 | 23 |
| Defense org. since '49 | 26 |
| Defense org. formed in 1949 | 27 |
| Defense offices: Abbr. | 22 |
| Defense of three feet? | 22 |
| Defense of one's acts | 25 |
| Defense means, briefly | 22 |
| Defense initiative, for short | 29 |
| Defense in reply to a charge | 28 |
| Defense grp. since 1949 | 23 |
| Defense grp. of 1954-77 | 23 |
| Defense grp. formed in 1954 | 27 |
| Defense group founded in 1949 | 29 |
| Defense gp. with pilots | 23 |
| Defense gp. since 1949 | 22 |
| Defense gp. since 1948 | 22 |
| Defense gp. of 1954-'77 | 27 |
| Defense gp. formed in Manila | 28 |
| Defense gp. formed in 1949 | 26 |
| Defense gp. based in Brussels | 29 |
| Defense for some animals | 24 |
| Defense establishment? | 22 |
| Defense Department org. | 23 |
| Defense Department gp. | 22 |
| Defense Department dept. | 24 |
| Defense attorney, at times | 26 |
| Defense attorney's urging | 29 |
| Defense attorney's client | 29 |
| Defense attorney's claim | 28 |
| Defense assn. until 1977 | 24 |
| Defense and electronics giant | 29 |
| Defense alliance since 1949 | 27 |
| Defense against some undead | 27 |
| Defense against snoring | 23 |
| Defense against siege towers | 28 |
| Defense against intruders | 25 |
| Defense against a tormentor? | 28 |
| Defense against a thrust | 24 |