| CARSEAT | Caesar roughly heading for Tiber protecting one of the Younger generation along the route (3,4) |
| TUNEOUT | Ignore Musketeers" "all" protecting "one" of the opposite sex? (4,3) |
| DEFENCE | Resistance against attack, danger or harm; a country's military forces; the plea of the accused in a lawsuit; or, the action of protecting one's goal or wicket against the opposition (7) |
| EUGENIE | Forename of the younger sister of Princess Beatrice of York (7) |
| PETERPAN | Darling in hospital gets to criticise informally one of the younger generation (5,3) |
| PARSON | He preaches equality before one of the younger generation |
| CARSEATS | Actress freely admits leading actor protects a number of the younger generation in the minis (3,5) |
| MILITIA | End up protecting one burning group of civilians when fighting |
| PASSION | Die protecting one thing one really cares about |
| LOWLIFE | Suspect fellow is protecting one disreputable sort |
| OUGUIYA | Open University Fellow protecting one top-class African rhino |
| EXPLOIT | Old conspiracy protecting one creating abuse ... (7) |
| CONIFER | Tree: grant protecting one (7) |
| MIASMAL | Granny protecting one lake affected by pollution (7) |
| SENECA | One of the younger guys in Rome in the past seen upset with accountant (6) |
| TEEN | One of the younger members of Gen Z (4) |
| BABESINTHEWOOD | Adding Ecstasy into drink in British club, a treat for the younger generation? |
| STURLUSON | Icelandic historian and poet (1179-1241) author of the Younger or Prose Edda and the Heimskringla sagas of the kings of Norway from legendary times until 1177 (6,9) |
| RAILWAYSTATIONS | Stops along the route in bar near course for the guards (7,8) |
| PASTIME | Not an activity for the younger generation? |
