| MAINTHEMES | War and peace, in "War and Peace" |
| IRENA | Woman's name derived from the Greek for "peace" |
| PAULING | Linus, U.S. chemist who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1954 and Peace in 1962 (7) |
| NIRVANA | State of perfect happiness and peace in Buddhism |
| SHALOM | Hello and Peace, in Hebrew |
| CONGO | African leaders met in Zimbabwe to discuss peace in this war-ravaged nation |
| NOBEL | Swedish inventor of dynamite who promoted peace in his lifetime and, in his will, established the hi |
| OSCAR | President of Costa Rica (1986-90, 2006-10) awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 'for his work for lasting peace in Central America' (5) |
| ARIAS | President of Costa Rica (1986-90, 2006-10) awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 'for his work for lasting peace in Central America' (5) |
| SANCHEZ | President of Costa Rica (1986-90, 2006-10) awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 'for his work for lasting peace in Central America' (7) |
| CREATIVERIOTERS | Mob that disturbs the peace in new and interesting ways? |
| ETS | Ones who might announce "We come in peace," in brief |
| DISRUPT | Rest in peace in the dust? Break it up! (7) |
| UNESCO | Agcy. with the slogan "Building peace in the minds of men and women" |
| UNDOES | Who tries to keep peace in the world and ruins everything (6) |
| VIENNA | Site of a congress that was held in 1814-1815 to establish post-Napoleonic terms of peace in Europe (6) |
| RIP | Rest in peace, in short? |
| THINKERSLODGE | Pugwash, Nova Scotia... National Historic Site of Canada where scientists met to discuss peace in the nuclear era in 1957: 2 wds. |
| REDCROSS | The only three-time Nobel Prize winner is this organization, which won for peace in 1917, 1944, and 1963 |
| VALIUM | "... So once again, there was peace in the ___..." |
