| Force in Bosnia | 15 |
| Expanding org. | 14 |
| European org. | 13 |
| European defense assn. | 22 |
| Euro-American defense gp. | 25 |
| Eur. protector | 14 |
| Eur. defense acronym | 20 |
| Eisenhower held a 1950 post in it | 33 |
| Defensive alliance since 1949 | 29 |
| Defense-treaty gp. | 18 |
| Defense-alliance acronym | 24 |
| Defense pact since 1949 | 23 |
| Defense org. formed in 1949 | 27 |
| Defense grp. that includes the U.S. | 35 |
| Defense grp. headquartered in Brussels | 38 |
| Defense grp. headquartered in Belgium | 37 |
| Defense group founded in 1949 | 29 |
| Defense gp. since 1949 | 22 |
| Defense gp. formed in 1949 | 26 |
| Defense alliance since 1949 | 27 |
| Defender of the West | 20 |
| Defence org. | 12 |
| Croatia joined it in 2009 | 25 |
| Collective-defense org. | 23 |
| Collective defense org. | 23 |
| Cold War alliance: Abbr. | 24 |
| Bulg. and Lith. joined it in 2004 | 33 |
| Brussels-based intl. group | 26 |
| Brussels-based intl. alliance | 29 |
| Brussels-based defense organization | 35 |
| Brussels-based body, briefly | 28 |
| Brussels-based body | 19 |
| Britain's Lord Ismay was its first head | 43 |
| Bosnia peacekeeping gp. | 23 |
| Body that includes SHAPE | 24 |
| Berlin Plus agreement party (abbr.) | 35 |
| Belgium-based gp. | 17 |
| Belg.-based peacekeepers | 24 |
| Atlantic pact | 13 |
| Atlantic alliance, for short | 28 |
| Assn. formed in 1949 | 20 |
| American alliance | 17 |
| Alliance whose flag is a compass on a blue background | 53 |
| Alliance that now includes Slovakia and Slovenia | 48 |
| Alliance that includes the U.S. | 31 |
| Alliance of West | 16 |
| Alliance of 1949 | 16 |
| Alliance formed in 1949 | 23 |
| Alb. and Cro. joined it 4/1/2009 | 32 |
| Acronym originating in 1949 | 27 |
| Acronym often in the news | 25 |
| Acronym for a treaty org. | 25 |
| Acronym for a defense group | 27 |
| Acronym born 4/4/49 | 19 |
| A US alliance | 13 |
| 59-yr.-old alliance | 19 |
| 28-state alliance | 17 |
| 28-nation defense grp. | 22 |
| 26-member defense gp. | 21 |
| 2011 Libyan arms embargo enforcement gp. | 40 |
| 1999 air strike authorizer | 26 |
| 1949 milit. alliance | 20 |
| 1949 alliance org. | 18 |
| '49 alliance | 16 |
| Turner and Cole | 15 |
| Cole and Turner | 15 |
| D.C. team | 9 |
| D.C. baseball team | 18 |
| DC baseballers | 14 |
| D.C. team, familiarly | 21 |
| D.C. nine | 9 |
| D.C. ball team | 14 |
| Former D.C. nine | 16 |
| Expos, since 2005 | 17 |
| DC team, in headlines | 21 |
| DC team | 7 |
| D.C. team, informally | 21 |
| "Damn Yankees" team | 29 |
| Washington team | 15 |
| Wash. players | 13 |
| Team from D.C. | 14 |
| Sixers, once | 12 |
| RFK Stadium team | 16 |
| N.L. East squad | 15 |
| N.L. East nine | 14 |
| MLB team from D.C. | 18 |
| King Cole and Turner | 20 |
| King Cole and others | 20 |
| Former D.C. baseball team | 25 |
| Former A.L. team | 16 |
| DC swingers, for short | 22 |
| D.C. team, for short | 20 |
| D.C. baseballers, briefly | 25 |
| D.C. ballplayers | 16 |
| D.C. 9? | 7 |
| Cole et al. | 11 |
| A.L. players | 12 |
| Writer Hentoff and others | 25 |
| Washington team, familiarly | 27 |
| Washington squad, briefly | 25 |