Cold war winner

The answer

NATO

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NATO answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NATO

Every other clue in this collection answered by NATO, most used first.

• Post-WWII alliance - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Brussels-based org. - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Alliance acronym - used 45 times, most recently in 2024
• Western alliance - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Peacekeeping org. - used 43 times, most recently in 2023
• Defense acronym - used 29 times, most recently in 2020
• Alliance since 1949 - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Defense org. - used 24 times, most recently in 2008
• Brussels-based alliance - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• US alliance - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Western defense grp. - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Its HQ is in Brussels - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Intl. military alliance - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Brussels-based grp. - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Peacekeeping grp. - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Western mil. alliance - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Brussels-based gp. - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Mil. alliance since 1949 - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Peacekeeping gp. - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Treaty org. - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• W. alliance - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
• Western alliance acronym - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Western pact - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• Defense grp. - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Partnership for Peace gp. - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Western defense org. - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Mil. alliance - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Alliance formed in 1949 - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Alliance headquartered in Brussels - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Alliance since '49 - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Cold War-era alliance - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Defense gp. - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Intl. alliance since 1949 - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Partnership for Peace grp. - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Warsaw Pact counterforce - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Defense alliance since 1949 - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Western alliance, briefly - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Western alliance, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• 1949 mil. alliance - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Alliance est. in 1949 - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Brussels-based defense gp. - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Cold War force - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Cold War side - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Intl. defense group - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Partnership for Peace org. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ phonetic alphabet - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Western defense alliance - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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