| 1 |
1949 alliance |
| 2 |
1949 alliance org. |
| 3 |
1949 defense org. |
| 4 |
1949 milit. alliance |
| 5 |
1949 military alliance |
| 6 |
1949 peace org. |
| 7 |
1999 air strike authorizer |
| 8 |
2011 Libya intervention gp. |
| 9 |
2011 Libyan arms embargo enforcement gp. |
| 10 |
2014 Wales summit host |
| 11 |
26-member defense gp. |
| 12 |
28-nation defense grp. |
| 13 |
28-state alliance |
| 14 |
29-member org. |
| 15 |
'49 alliance |
| 16 |
'49 peacekeeping alliance |
| 17 |
59-yr.-old alliance |
| 18 |
___ alphabet |
| 19 |
___ forces |
| 20 |
American alliance |
| 21 |
A no-fly zone enforcer |
| 22 |
A UK alliance |
| 23 |
A US alliance |
| 24 |
Belg.-based alliance |
| 25 |
Belg.-based peacekeepers |
| 26 |
Belg.-based peacekeeping gp. |
| 27 |
Belgium-based gp. |
| 28 |
Belgium-based grp. |
| 29 |
Acronym born 4/4/49 |
| 30 |
Berlin Plus agreement party (abbr.) |
| 31 |
Acronym for a defense group |
| 32 |
Acronym for a treaty org. |
| 33 |
Acronym in the news |
| 34 |
Acronym often in the news |
| 35 |
Acronym originating in 1949 |
| 36 |
Assn. formed in 1949 |
| 37 |
Atlantic alliance, for short |
| 38 |
Atlantic defence org. |
| 39 |
Atlantic nations' defence org. |
| 40 |
Atlantic pact |
| 41 |
Alb. and Cro. joined it 4/1/2009 |
| 42 |
Alb. joined it in 2009 |
| 43 |
Albania joined it in 2009 |
| 44 |
Backlog of the free nations. |
| 45 |
Alliance: Abbr. |
| 46 |
Alliance acronym |
| 47 |
Alliance based in Brussels: Abbr. |
| 48 |
Alliance based in Brussels |
| 49 |
Alliance born in the Cold War era |
| 50 |
Alliance est. 1949 |
| 51 |
Alliance est. in 1949 |
| 52 |
Alliance formed in 1949 |
| 53 |
Alliance formed under HST |
| 54 |
Alliance founded in 1949 |
| 55 |
Alliance headquartered in Brussels |
| 56 |
Alliance HQ'd in Brussels |
| 57 |
Alliance joined by Montenegro in 2017 |
| 58 |
Alliance letters |
| 59 |
Alliance of 1949 |
| 60 |
Alliance of the US, Canada, and 26 European countries: Abbr. |
| 61 |
Alliance of West |
| 62 |
Alliance recently joined by Montenegro |
| 63 |
Alliance since 1949 (abbr.) |
| 64 |
Alliance since 1949 |
| 65 |
Alliance since '49 |
| 66 |
Alliance that France rejoined in '09 |
| 67 |
Alliance that includes the U.S. and U.K. |
| 68 |
Alliance that includes the U.S. |
| 69 |
Alliance that keeps a wary eye on Russia |
| 70 |
Alliance that now includes Slovakia and Slovenia |
| 71 |
Alliance whose flag is a compass on a blue background |
| 72 |
Alliance with hdqrs. in Brussels |
| 73 |
Alliance with its HQ in Brussels |
| 74 |
Alliance with peacekeeping forces, for short |
| 75 |
Alliance |
| 76 |
Allied org. |
| 77 |
Body that includes SHAPE |
| 78 |
Alphabet providing the "ingredients" of this puzzle's soup |
| 79 |
Gp. with 26 members |
| 80 |
Gp. with a Brussels HQ |
| 81 |
Gp. with a phonetic alphabet |
| 82 |
Gp. with forces |
| 83 |
Gp. with headquarters in Brussels |
| 84 |
Bosnia peacekeeping gp. |
| 85 |
International alliance formed after World War II: Abbr. |
| 86 |
International alliance headquartered in Brussels: Abbr. |
| 87 |
International alliance that includes the US and Canada: Abbr. |
| 88 |
International alliance |
| 89 |
International defense group based in Brussels: Abbr. |
| 90 |
International defense group founded in 1949: Abbr. |
| 91 |
International defense grp. |
| 92 |
International defense org. |
| 93 |
International grp. with their hands more than full in Syria right now |
| 94 |
International org. |
| 95 |
International peacekeeping alliance: Abbr. |
| 96 |
International peacekeeping force that intervened in Libya in 2011: Abbr. |
| 97 |
International peacekeeping group that enforced a no-fly zone in Libya in 2011: Abbr. |
| 98 |
International peacekeeping grp. |
| 99 |
Free world's defense. |
| 100 |
Int'l alliance |
| 101 |
Intl. alliance since 1949 |
| 102 |
Intl. alliance with a phonetic alphabet |
| 103 |
Intl. alliance |
| 104 |
Intl. defense alliance |
| 105 |
Intl. defense gp. |
| 106 |
Intl. defense group |
| 107 |
Intl. defense org. |
| 108 |
Intl. group |
| 109 |
Intl. group since 1949 |
| 110 |
Intl. group whose initials in English and French are reversed |
| 111 |
Intl. group with many generals |
| 112 |
Intl. military alliance |
| 113 |
Int'l org. formed in 1949 |
| 114 |
Intl. pact |
| 115 |
Intl. peacekeeping gp. |
| 116 |
Intl. peacekeeping group |
| 117 |
Int'l. peacekeeping group |
| 118 |
Def. alliance |
| 119 |
Defence org. |
| 120 |
Defender of the West |
| 121 |
Defense acronym |
| 122 |
Defense agcy. headquartered in Brussels |
| 123 |
Defense-alliance acronym |
| 124 |
Defense alliance based in Brussels |
| 125 |
Defense alliance formed in 1949 |
| 126 |
Defense alliance since 1949, for short |
| 127 |
Defense alliance since 1949 |
| 128 |
Defense alliance |
| 129 |
Defense gp. |
| 130 |
Defense gp. based in Brussels |
| 131 |
Defense gp. formed in 1949 |
| 132 |
Defense gp. headquartered in Brussels |
| 133 |
Defense gp. since 1949 |
| 134 |
Defense group founded in 1949 |
| 135 |
Defense grp. headquartered in Belgium |
| 136 |
Defense grp. headquartered in Brussels |
| 137 |
Defense grp. hosting summits |
| 138 |
Defense grp. since 1949 |
| 139 |
Defense grp. that includes the U.S. |
| 140 |
Defense grp. |
| 141 |
Defense org. established in 1949 |
| 142 |
Defense org. formed in 1949 |
| 143 |
Defense org. in Brussels |
| 144 |
Defense org. since 1949 |
| 145 |
Defense org. since '49 |
| 146 |
Defense org. |
| 147 |
Defense pact since 1949 |
| 148 |
Defense pact |
| 149 |
Defense-treaty gp. |
| 150 |
Defensive alliance since 1949 |
| 151 |
Group first headed by Ike |
| 152 |
Group pledged to protect Eur. |
| 153 |
Group with a secy.-gen. |
| 154 |
Group with a secy. gen. |
| 155 |
Group with forces |
| 156 |
Group with hdqrs. in Belgium |
| 157 |
Group with HQ in Brussels |
| 158 |
It began in H.S.T.'s administration |
| 159 |
Growing alliance |
| 160 |
Grp. aligned in 1949 |
| 161 |
Grp. based in Brussels |
| 162 |
Grp. conducting Operation Deny Flight |
| 163 |
Grp. founded by 12 countries |
| 164 |
Grp. founded in Washington on 4/4/1949 |
| 165 |
Grp. founded to resist Communism |
| 166 |
Grp. headquartered in Brussels |
| 167 |
Grp. including Luxembourg, Turkey and Italy |
| 168 |
Grp. involved in the Libyan civil war |
| 169 |
Grp. involved with Kosovo |
| 170 |
Grp. joined by Albania and Croatia in 2009 |
| 171 |
Grp. joined by Montenegro in 2017 |
| 172 |
Grp. joined by North Macedonia in 2020 |
| 173 |
Grp. that added North Macedonia in 2020 |
| 174 |
Grp. that has added 12 members since the end of the Cold War |
| 175 |
Grp. that includes the U.S. |
| 176 |
Grp. that Montenegro joined in June 2017 |
| 177 |
Grp. that outlasted the Warsaw Pact |
| 178 |
Grp. that Ronald Reagan once supported |
| 179 |
Grp. that spans an ocean |
| 180 |
Grp. whose alphabet ends with "Zulu" |
| 181 |
Grp. whose alphabet starts Alfa, Bravo, Charlie ... |
| 182 |
Grp. whose initials in French are the reverse of its English initials |
| 183 |
Grp. whose members account for more than 50% of the world's defense spending |
| 184 |
Grp. with 12 founding members |
| 185 |
Grp. with a secretary general |
| 186 |
Grp. with an alphabet |
| 187 |
Grp. with forces in Afghanistan |
| 188 |
Grp. with forces |
| 189 |
Grp. with its HQ in Brussels |
| 190 |
Grp. with peacekeeping forces |
| 191 |
Grp. with peacekeeping troops |
| 192 |
Gruenther's command. |
| 193 |
Britain's Lord Ismay was its first head |
| 194 |
Eisenhower held a 1950 post in it |
| 195 |
It has ports in Port. |
| 196 |
It. is in it |
| 197 |
Contemporary pact |
| 198 |
Brussels-based alliance |
| 199 |
Brussels-based body, briefly |
| 200 |
Brussels-based body |
| 201 |
Brussels-based defense gp. |
| 202 |
Brussels-based defense grp. |
| 203 |
Brussels-based defense organization |
| 204 |
Brussels-based gp. |
| 205 |
Brussels-based grp. |
| 206 |
Brussels-based intl. alliance |
| 207 |
Brussels-based intl. group |
| 208 |
Brussels-based mil. alliance since 1949 |
| 209 |
Brussels-based mil. alliance |
| 210 |
Brussels-based org. |
| 211 |
It now includes Lat. and Lith. |
| 212 |
Bulg. and Lith. joined it in 2004 |
| 213 |
HST's pact |
| 214 |
Its alphabet expands 10 answers (the letters spell a relevant phrase) |
| 215 |
Its alphabet goes from Alfa to Zulu |
| 216 |
Its first leader was Lord Ismay, 1952-1957 |
| 217 |
Its flag has a compass rose on it |
| 218 |
Its flag is dark blue, symbolizing an ocean |
| 219 |
Its H.Q. is in Brussels |
| 220 |
Its HQ is in Brussels |
| 221 |
It's HQ'd in Brussels |
| 222 |
Its members include Canada and Luxembourg |
| 223 |
Hastings Ismay was selected as its first leader in 1952 |
| 224 |
Its official languages are English and French |
| 225 |
Icel. is its only member without a standing army |
| 226 |
Iceland is part of it: Abbr. |
| 227 |
Its troops have been holding maneuvers in Europe. |
| 228 |
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is its secretary general |
| 229 |
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's org. |
| 230 |
Eur. defense acronym |
| 231 |
Eur. protector |
| 232 |
Euro-American defense gp. |
| 233 |
Euro defence org. |
| 234 |
European alliance |
| 235 |
European bloc |
| 236 |
European defence org. |
| 237 |
European defense assn. |
| 238 |
European defense grp. |
| 239 |
European defense org. |
| 240 |
European org. |
| 241 |
European pact |
| 242 |
Croatia joined it in '09 |
| 243 |
Croatia joined it in 2009 |
| 244 |
Jens Stoltenberg is its secy. general |
| 245 |
Force in Bosnia |
| 246 |
Force in Eur. |
| 247 |
Expanding grp. |
| 248 |
Expanding org. |
| 249 |
Cold War alliance (abbr.) |
| 250 |
Cold War alliance: Abbr. |
| 251 |
Cold war alliance |
| 252 |
Cold War defense gp. |
| 253 |
Cold war defense grp. |
| 254 |
Cold War-era alliance |
| 255 |
Cold War faction |
| 256 |
Cold War force |
| 257 |
Cold war org. |
| 258 |
Cold War side |
| 259 |
Cold war winner |
| 260 |
Collective defense group |
| 261 |
Collective defense org. |
| 262 |
Collective-defense org. |
| 263 |
Former Haig command |
| 264 |
Gp. associated with the international radio alphabet |
| 265 |
Gp. based in Brussels |
| 266 |
Gp. battling Somali pirates |
| 267 |
Gp. currently headed by ex-Danish PM Anders Rasmussen |
| 268 |
Org. with a phonetic alphabet |
| 269 |
Org. with a secretary general |
| 270 |
Org. with peace-keeping forces |
| 271 |
Org. with peacekeeping forces |
| 272 |
Org. with troops |
| 273 |
November Alpha Tango Oscar |
| 274 |
Kind of alphabet |
| 275 |
SHAPE is part of it |
| 276 |
Strike authorizer |
| 277 |
Kind of commander |
| 278 |
Kind of forces |
| 279 |
Like some forces in the Balkans |
| 280 |
Like some peacekeepers |
| 281 |
Much of Eur. is in it |
| 282 |
Pact acronym |
| 283 |
Pact group |
| 284 |
Pact name |
| 285 |
Pact since 1949 |
| 286 |
Pact since W.W. II |
| 287 |
Like some troops |
| 288 |
Training Mission-Iraq medal awarder |
| 289 |
Multi-country defense group |
| 290 |
Multi-nation defense gp. |
| 291 |
Multi-nation defense grp. |
| 292 |
Multi-national defense org. |
| 293 |
Multinational defense alliance with headquarters in Brussels: Abbr. |
| 294 |
Transoceanic alliance since 1949 |
| 295 |
Subject of a 3-cent stamp. |
| 296 |
Treaty acronym |
| 297 |
Treaty alliance |
| 298 |
Treaty gp. |
| 299 |
Treaty group |
| 300 |
Treaty of 1949 |
| 301 |
Treaty org. |
| 302 |
Kosovo peacekeepers |
| 303 |
Kosovo peacekeeping gp. |
| 304 |
Kosovo peacekeeping group |
| 305 |
Kosovo War force |
| 306 |
N. Atlantic defence alliance |
| 307 |
The U.K. is a member of it |
| 308 |
The U.K. is in it, but Ire. is not |
| 309 |
The U.K. is in it |
| 310 |
The U.S. is in it |
| 311 |
Partnership for Peace gp. |
| 312 |
Partnership for Peace grp. |
| 313 |
Partnership for Peace international gp. |
| 314 |
Partnership for Peace org. |
| 315 |
Partnership for Peace pact (abbr.) |
| 316 |
Large mil. alliance |
| 317 |
Port. is part of it |
| 318 |
Post-W.W. II alliance |
| 319 |
Post-W.W. II assn. |
| 320 |
Post-WW2 alliance |
| 321 |
Post-WWII alliance |
| 322 |
Post WWII alliance |
| 323 |
Post-WWII grp. |
| 324 |
Postwar alliance |
| 325 |
Postwar pact |
| 326 |
Lord Ismay was its first Sec. Gen. |
| 327 |
Peace gp. since 1949 |
| 328 |
Peace grp. since 1949 |
| 329 |
Peace-keeping gp. |
| 330 |
Peace-keeping grp. |
| 331 |
Peace org. |
| 332 |
Peacekeeping acronym |
| 333 |
Peacekeeping alliance: Abbr. |
| 334 |
Peacekeeping alliance based in Brussels: Abbr. |
| 335 |
Peacekeeping alliance |
| 336 |
Peacekeeping defense group: Abbr. |
| 337 |
Peacekeeping force in Bosnia |
| 338 |
Peacekeeping force source |
| 339 |
Peacekeeping force |
| 340 |
Peacekeeping gp. since 1949 |
| 341 |
Peacekeeping gp. |
| 342 |
Peacekeeping grp. since 1949 |
| 343 |
Peacekeeping grp. |
| 344 |
Peacekeeping org. since 1949 |
| 345 |
Peacekeeping org. |
| 346 |
Mil. alliance |
| 347 |
Mil. alliance based in Brussels |
| 348 |
Mil. alliance since 1949 |
| 349 |
Mil. alliance with official languages of English and French |
| 350 |
Military alliance based in Brussels: Abbr. |
| 351 |
Military alliance, formed 1949 |
| 352 |
Military alliance gp. since 1949 |
| 353 |
Military alliance gp. |
| 354 |
Military alliance grp. |
| 355 |
Military alliance headquartered in Belgium: Abbr. |
| 356 |
Military alliance that still doesn't include Russia |
| 357 |
Military alliance |
| 358 |
Military bloc |
| 359 |
One side in the cold war |
| 360 |
No-fly zone enforcing grp. |
| 361 |
No-fly zone issuer |
| 362 |
No-fly zone org. |
| 363 |
Major alliance |
| 364 |
North Atlantic Defence org. |
| 365 |
North Atlantic defense org. |
| 366 |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| 367 |
Operation Allied Force gp. |
| 368 |
Montenegro joined it in 2017 |
| 369 |
Montenegro's grp. since 2017 |
| 370 |
Org. based in Belgium |
| 371 |
Org. celebrating 56 years in 2005 |
| 372 |
Org. celebrating 65 years in 2014 |
| 373 |
Org. created in 1949 |
| 374 |
Org. established in 1949 |
| 375 |
Org. expanding into Eastern Europe |
| 376 |
Org. for defense |
| 377 |
Org. for Lord Robertson |
| 378 |
Org. formed in 1949 |
| 379 |
Org. formed on April 4, 1949 |
| 380 |
Org. formed to contain Communism |
| 381 |
Org. founded in 1949 |
| 382 |
Org. founded in Brussels 1948 |
| 383 |
Org. headquartered in Brussels |
| 384 |
Org. HQ'd in Brussels |
| 385 |
Org. involved in Bosnia |
| 386 |
Org. led by Jens Stoltenberg |
| 387 |
Org. of 15 nations |
| 388 |
Org. once involved with Kosovo |
| 389 |
Org. set up in 1949 |
| 390 |
Org. that added Albania and Croatia in 2009 |
| 391 |
Org. that admitted the Baltic States in March 2004 |
| 392 |
Org. that monitors no-fly zones |
| 393 |
Org. that now includes former Baltic SSRs |
| 394 |
Org. that started with 12 members |
| 395 |
Org. the USA is part of |
| 396 |
Org. whose French acronym is the reverse of the English |
| 397 |
Org. with a compass star as its symbol |
| 398 |
Warsaw Pact counterforce |
| 399 |
Warsaw Pact counterpart, once |
| 400 |
Warsaw Pact counterpart |
| 401 |
Warsaw Pact's Cold War opponent |
| 402 |
Turkey club, for short? |
| 403 |
Turkey club? |
| 404 |
Turkey is a part of it |
| 405 |
Turkey is part of it |
| 406 |
Spain joined it in 1982 |
| 407 |
World org. |
| 408 |
Western acronym |
| 409 |
Western alliance (4) |
| 410 |
Western alliance: Abbr. |
| 411 |
Western alliance acronym |
| 412 |
Western alliance, briefly |
| 413 |
Western alliance, for short |
| 414 |
Western alliance formed after World War II: Abbr. |
| 415 |
Western alliance formed in 1949 |
| 416 |
Western-alliance letters |
| 417 |
Western alliance since 1949: Abbr. |
| 418 |
Western alliance since 1949 |
| 419 |
Western alliance that sends out peacekeeping groups: Abbr. |
| 420 |
Western alliance |
| 421 |
Western defense alliance, briefly |
| 422 |
Western defense alliance |
| 423 |
Western defense assn. |
| 424 |
Western defense gp. |
| 425 |
Western defense grp. |
| 426 |
Western defense org. |
| 427 |
Western Hemisphere alliance: Abbr. |
| 428 |
Western mil. alliance |
| 429 |
Western military alliance: Abbr. |
| 430 |
Western org. |
| 431 |
Western pact |
| 432 |
Western postwar alliance |
| 433 |
Western union |
| 434 |
What 26 countries in Eur. belong to |
| 435 |
Science for Peace and Security gp. |
| 436 |
Taliban-fighting force (abbr.) |
| 437 |
W.W. II byproduct |
| 438 |
W.W. II offshoot |
| 439 |
What Croatia joined in 2009 |
| 440 |
What Ike led after WWII |
| 441 |
SEATO cousin |
| 442 |
Security agcy. since 1949 |
| 443 |
Security grp. |
| 444 |
Security org. |
| 445 |
US alliance with European nations |
| 446 |
US alliance |
| 447 |
U.S. force in Europe |
| 448 |
USA alliance |
| 449 |
U.S./European defense org. |
| 450 |
U.S./European force |