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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, May 13, 2013 | 8D | Western mil. alliance (2) | Allan E. Parrish |
| Sunday, April 28, 2013 | 115A | Defender of the West | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, December 5, 2012 | 42A | Grp. joined by Albania and Croatia in 2009 | Jim Hilger |
| Tuesday, November 27, 2012 | 46A | Peacekeeping grp. (3) | Peter A. Collins |
| Monday, November 26, 2012 | 45A | Western alliance since 1949 | Ed Sessa |
| Sunday, November 11, 2012 | 97D | Peacekeeping grp. (3) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, June 17, 2012 | 1A | Grp. with an alphabet | Kyle T. Dolan |
| Tuesday, June 5, 2012 | 24A | Defense acronym (4) | Sharon Delorme |
| Wednesday, March 21, 2012 | 34A | The U.K. is in it, but Ire. is not | Peter A. Collins and Joe Krozel |
| Thursday, February 23, 2012 | 45A | Port. is part of it | Jeff Chen |
| Friday, August 5, 2011 | 47A | Strike authorizer | Barry Silk |
| Wednesday, August 3, 2011 | 10A | Turkey club? (2) | Paul Guttormsson |
| Thursday, April 21, 2011 | 48A | Cold war force (2) | Julian Lim |
| Sunday, November 14, 2010 | 50D | Defense grp. headquartered in Belgium | Patrick Berry |
| Tuesday, September 21, 2010 | 58A | Intl. group with many generals | Adam G. Perl |
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | 69A | Defense grp. since 1949 (3) | Kristian House |
| Thursday, February 18, 2010 | 57A | Intl. group whose initials in English and French are reversed | Caleb Madison |
| Monday, January 18, 2010 | 45D | Western mil. alliance (2) | Adam Cohen |
| Tuesday, June 2, 2009 | 33D | Alliance since '49 (2) | Patrick Blindauer |
| Wednesday, March 25, 2009 | 48D | Brussels-based alliance | Jerry E. Rosman |
| Monday, February 23, 2009 | 30A | Western alliance, for short | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 | 52D | Spain joined it in 1982 | David J. Kahn |
| Tuesday, September 9, 2008 | 45A | Its HQ is in Brussels (4) | Patrick John Duggan |
| Sunday, June 29, 2008 | 68D | Org. with peace-keeping forces | Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer |
| Sunday, May 11, 2008 | 42D | Warsaw Pact counterforce (2) | Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer |
| Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | 30D | Mil. alliance since 1949 | Michael Langwald |
| Wednesday, February 20, 2008 | 57D | Brussels-based org. (3) | Chuck Hamilton |
| Sunday, January 13, 2008 | 1D | Group with a secy. gen. | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| Sunday, September 30, 2007 | 73D | Grp. conducting Operation Deny Flight | Kelsey Blakley |
| Saturday, June 16, 2007 | 32D | It has ports in Port. | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, February 13, 2007 | 33A | Cold war side (2) | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Friday, February 2, 2007 | 40D | Org. with troops | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, September 24, 2006 | 96A | Cold war winner (4) | Mark Diehl and Kevin McCann |
| Sunday, August 27, 2006 | 101D | Grp. founded in Washington on 4/4/1949 | Seth A. Abel |
| Friday, August 11, 2006 | 11D | Like some troops | Patrick Merrell |
| Sunday, June 4, 2006 | 31D | Turkey club? (2) | Patrick Blindauer |
| Sunday, February 12, 2006 | 54A | Iceland is part of it: Abbr. | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, January 14, 2006 | 27D | ___ forces | David Quarfoot |
| Monday, January 2, 2006 | 19A | Alliance since '49 (2) | Linda Schechet Tucker |
| Sunday, December 25, 2005 | 23D | Cold war side (2) | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Monday, December 5, 2005 | 15A | Grp. that outlasted the Warsaw Pact | Gary Steinmehl |
| Friday, May 6, 2005 | 49D | It began in H.S.T.'s administration | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, May 1, 2005 | 12A | One side in the cold war | Joe DiPietro |
| Tuesday, March 8, 2005 | 52D | Defense grp. (2) | Deb Amlen |
| Monday, December 27, 2004 | 55D | Defense grp. since 1949 (3) | Levi Denham |
| Wednesday, December 15, 2004 | 4A | Cold war winner (4) | Zach Jesse |
| Thursday, October 14, 2004 | 63A | Alliance acronym (2) | Mike Sikowitz |
| Sunday, September 5, 2004 | 1A | Grp. with forces | Patrick Merrell |
| Sunday, January 25, 2004 | 97D | Alliance acronym (2) | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, October 22, 2003 | 11D | Cold war winner (4) | Judy Cole |
| Wednesday, August 20, 2003 | 53D | Defense acronym (4) | Mel Taub |
| Friday, May 2, 2003 | 32D | The U.S. is in it | Dana Motley |
| Thursday, February 27, 2003 | 60D | Defense grp. (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Wednesday, February 19, 2003 | 55D | Expanding grp. (2) | Sarah Keller |
| Wednesday, December 11, 2002 | 7D | Growing alliance | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, June 16, 2002 | 60A | Grp. that spans an ocean | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, May 23, 2002 | 59A | Major alliance | John Underwood |
| Saturday, April 6, 2002 | 12D | Grp. with a secretary general | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Saturday, January 26, 2002 | 55A | Force in Eur. | Mark Diehl |
| Tuesday, December 4, 2001 | 30A | Grp. with its HQ in Brussels | Michael Shteyman |
| Saturday, December 1, 2001 | 49A | Org. for Lord Robertson | Peter Gordon |
| Friday, July 27, 2001 | 42A | 1999 air strike authorizer | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, July 23, 2001 | 15A | Much of Eur. is in it | Ethan Cooper |
| Monday, July 2, 2001 | 59D | Defense org. since 1949 | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, April 8, 2001 | 117A | Org. with a compass star as its symbol | Randolph Ross |
| Sunday, April 1, 2001 | 73D | Britain's Lord Ismay was its first head | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, March 27, 2001 | 48D | Peacekeeping grp. (3) | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Sunday, March 25, 2001 | 85A | Partnership for Peace grp. (3) | Trip Payne |
| Sunday, January 7, 2001 | 28A | Kind of commander | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, December 24, 2000 | 6D | Expanding org. | Bill Zais |
| Monday, October 2, 2000 | 49D | Cold war defense grp. | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, August 1, 2000 | 55D | Cold war winner (4) | Randall J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, March 15, 2000 | 57D | Like some peacekeepers | Jim Page |
| Sunday, September 19, 1999 | 51A | Operation Allied Force grp. | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, August 1, 1999 | 107D | Its HQ is in Brussels (4) | Randolph Ross |
| Friday, May 14, 1999 | 41D | Brussels-based org. (3) | Frank Longo |
| Sunday, April 11, 1999 | 8D | Security grp. | Matt Gaffney |
| Tuesday, February 16, 1999 | 18A | Peacekeeping force in Bosnia | Randy Sowell |
| Monday, January 18, 1999 | 35D | Org. formed to contain Communism | Frederick T. Buhler |
| Thursday, December 17, 1998 | 54A | Alliance since 1949 (2) | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, November 8, 1998 | 82D | Defense acronym (4) | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, October 4, 1998 | 124A | Cold war force (2) | Frank Longo |
| Sunday, September 13, 1998 | 107D | Peace-keeping grp. | Cathy Millhauser |
| Friday, September 11, 1998 | 31A | Like some forces in the Balkans | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, April 26, 1998 | 91A | Body that includes SHAPE | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Friday, February 20, 1998 | 53D | Expanding grp. (2) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, December 13, 1997 | 21D | Partnership for Peace grp. (3) | Richard Silvestri |
| Saturday, November 29, 1997 | 55D | Eisenhower held a 1950 post in it | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, October 22, 1997 | 32D | Warsaw Pact counterforce (2) | John D. Leavy |
| Thursday, August 7, 1997 | 20A | Org. with a secretary general | Mark Diehl |
| Monday, August 4, 1997 | 19A | Org. expanding into Eastern Europe | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, March 16, 1997 | 76A | Org. involved in Bosnia | David J. Kahn |
| Friday, March 14, 1997 | 3D | Kind of forces (2) | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, August 21, 1996 | 55D | Brussels-based org. (3) | Fred Piscop |
| Thursday, July 18, 1996 | 40D | Org. whose symbol is a four-pointed compass | W. R. Williams |
| Sunday, May 19, 1996 | 24D | Kind of forces (2) | C.M. Deber |
| Friday, January 19, 1996 | 44A | Force in Bosnia | C. Gersch |
| Monday, January 15, 1996 | 12D | 1949 alliance | Gregory E. Paul |
| Saturday, November 25, 1995 | 16A | Partnership for Peace grp. (3) | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, October 11, 1995 | 30D | Brussels-based grp. | Mary E. Brindamour |
| Sunday, August 20, 1995 | 30D | Defense grp. since 1949 (3) | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, April 11, 1995 | 19A | Alliance since 1949 (2) | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, February 10, 1995 | 51D | Its HQ is in Brussels (4) | Raymond Hamel |
| Monday, January 9, 1995 | 51D | Pact since 1949 | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Tuesday, August 30, 1994 | 33A | Defense acronym (4) | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Sunday, August 28, 1994 | 41A | Its HQ is in Brussels (4) | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, April 4, 1994 | 7D | European defense grp. | Betty Jorgensen |
| Monday, February 21, 1994 | 38D | Group with HQ in Brussels | Harvey Estes |
73 results for NATO from older pre-Shortz puzzles.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, October 13, 1993 | 49D | Collective-defense org. | Joel Davajan | Taub |
| Monday, May 17, 1993 | 47A | Alliance acronym | Mary S. Snyder | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 2, 1993 | 102D | Post-W.W. II assn. | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 29, 1993 | 24D | Pact acronym | John Greenman | Maleska |
| Friday, April 9, 1993 | 56D | Alliance acronym | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Wednesday, May 13, 1992 | 37D | Intl. group | Ruth Minary | Maleska |
| Tuesday, December 10, 1991 | 32A | Treaty acronym | Melvin Kenworthy | Maleska |
| Tuesday, December 3, 1991 | 49D | Defense-treaty gp. | Pomerance | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 29, 1991 | 63D | Intl. alliance | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Maleska |
| Sunday, September 1, 1991 | 87D | Alliance acronym | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
| Friday, August 30, 1991 | 63A | Alliance acronym | Dorothea E. Shipp | Maleska |
| Tuesday, August 13, 1991 | 1A | Alliance acronym | Betty Hinman | Maleska |
| Thursday, June 6, 1991 | 55D | Brussels-based org. | Lois Sidway | Maleska |
| Monday, May 27, 1991 | 32A | Intl. pact | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Tuesday, April 9, 1991 | 54D | Acronym for a treaty org. | William Baxley | Maleska |
| Wednesday, March 27, 1991 | 20A | Defense gp. since 1949 | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Monday, March 11, 1991 | 36D | Brussels-based org. | Frank Miceli | Maleska |
| Wednesday, December 26, 1990 | 65A | Western alliance | Betty Jorgensen | Maleska |
| Tuesday, September 18, 1990 | 39D | Western org. | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Monday, August 6, 1990 | 4D | Intl. pact | Peter Swift | Maleska |
| Thursday, July 19, 1990 | 54D | Acronym originating in 1949 | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
| Thursday, May 17, 1990 | 38A | Brussels-based org. | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
| Tuesday, May 8, 1990 | 58D | Alliance acronym | Fred Toole | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 6, 1990 | 135A | SHAPE is part of it | Jacques Liwer | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 19, 1990 | 56D | Treaty org. | Walter Covell | Maleska |
| Tuesday, January 30, 1990 | 29D | Western alliance | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Thursday, January 25, 1990 | 12D | Western pact | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
| Friday, November 3, 1989 | 50A | Brussels-based org. | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
| Friday, June 23, 1989 | 22A | Defensive alliance since 1949 | William Canine | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 28, 1989 | 5D | Brussels-based org. | Jeanne Wilson | Maleska |
| Monday, February 13, 1989 | 63A | Western alliance acronym | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Friday, November 11, 1988 | 34A | Alliance acronym | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
| Wednesday, September 21, 1988 | 12D | Western alliance | Charles E. Gersch | Maleska |
| Tuesday, September 13, 1988 | 2D | Alliance letters | Whitten | Maleska |
| Sunday, August 21, 1988 | 103D | Defense org. | T. W. Underhill | Maleska |
| Friday, August 5, 1988 | 51D | Alliance acronym | Wilson McBeath | Maleska |
| Sunday, May 22, 1988 | 52D | Org. founded in 1949 | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
| Thursday, May 12, 1988 | 4D | Org. created in 1949 | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
| Thursday, March 3, 1988 | 39D | Euro-American defense gp. | Rhonda Kraus | Maleska |
| Friday, August 21, 1987 | 25A | Org. established in 1949 | Bert Rosenfield | Maleska |
| Tuesday, July 7, 1987 | 17A | Defense org. | Judson G. Trent | Maleska |
| Monday, May 25, 1987 | 56D | Pact since W.W. II | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Tuesday, April 28, 1987 | 19A | W.W. II offshoot | Christopher Sherwood | Maleska |
| Thursday, April 2, 1987 | 52D | Treaty gp. | Patterson Pepple | Maleska |
| Wednesday, March 11, 1987 | 27D | Assn. formed in 1949 | Thomas W. Schier | Maleska |
| Monday, February 23, 1987 | 31D | Former Haig command | Burns | Maleska |
| Sunday, February 22, 1987 | 21A | Brussels-based org. | Dorothy Smitonick | Maleska |
| Wednesday, February 18, 1987 | 12D | Defense org. formed in 1949 | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
| Thursday, August 21, 1986 | 52D | Alliance: Abbr. | William Canine | Maleska |
| Monday, August 4, 1986 | 54D | Western-alliance letters | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
| Saturday, July 26, 1986 | 52D | Alliance acronym | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
| Tuesday, July 22, 1986 | 10D | W.W. II byproduct | Christopher Sherwood | Maleska |
| Tuesday, June 17, 1986 | 64A | Former Haig command | Burns | Maleska |
| Friday, May 30, 1986 | 18A | Acronym in the news | Gayle Dean | Maleska |
| Wednesday, April 16, 1986 | 56D | Alliance acronym | Roger H. Courtney | Maleska |
| Sunday, March 16, 1986 | 24A | Defense org. | June A. Boggs | Maleska |
| Thursday, January 30, 1986 | 26D | Treaty org. | Christy Ridley | Maleska |
| Tuesday, December 17, 1985 | 70A | Alliance acronym | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
| Wednesday, October 30, 1985 | 54D | Western alliance: Abbr. | Shirley Soloway | Maleska |
| Tuesday, October 22, 1985 | 3D | Treaty gp. | Finn | Maleska |
| Saturday, October 12, 1985 | 7D | Alliance acronym | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
| Thursday, October 3, 1985 | 56D | Acronym often in the news | Eli Wesoff | Maleska |
| Wednesday, August 21, 1985 | 31A | Treaty gp. | Norma Steinberg | Maleska |
| Wednesday, April 3, 1985 | 59D | Western alliance, for short | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
| Friday, February 15, 1985 | 16A | Treaty org. | Robert Katz | Maleska |
| Thursday, February 7, 1985 | 33D | Acronym for a defense group | Joy L. Wouk | Maleska |
| Wednesday, January 9, 1985 | 59D | Defense acronym | Kathryn Righter | Maleska |
| Monday, January 7, 1985 | 66A | Def. alliance | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
| Saturday, November 10, 1984 | 50D | Western org. | Robert Katz | Maleska |
| Sunday, July 1, 1984 | 56D | Warsaw Pact counterpart | Robert H. Wolfe | Maleska |
| Saturday, November 12, 1983 | 26D | Western alliance | Hassinger | Maleska |
| Monday, July 25, 1983 | 15A | Former Haig command | Burns | Maleska |
| Friday, April 29, 1983 | 15A | Acronym born 4/4/49 | John Greenman | Maleska |