Western alliance
The crossword clue "Western alliance" is answered by NATO, a 4-letter entry. Used 45 times across 35 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
NATO
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NATO answer page.
Used 45 times across 35 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- 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
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Western Indians - UTES, used 72 times
- Western tribe - UTES, used 49 times
- Western Indian - OTOE, used 39 times
- Western campus. - UCLA, used 37 times
- Western city - RENO, used 37 times
- Capital of Western Samoa - APIA, used 36 times
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