| SSSI | Conservation designation denoting a protected area (abbreviation) (4) |
| ENCLAVE | Cave Len disturbed was a protected area within foreign territory (7) |
| KABINETT | German wine designation denoting a light dry wine (8) |
| AONBS | Abbreviation of the special conservation designations applied to Quantock Hills, Cotswolds, Cranborne Chase or the Wye Valley (1,1,1,1,1) |
| PIGS | Farm animals, the Mallorcan black variety is a protected species (4) |
| ALEE | Moored in a protected spot |
| SAFE | In a protected place say |
| IBIS | A protected bird |
| PARK | Protected area of relatively undeveloped and scenic landscape (8,4) |
| SHIN | Protected area in football? (4) |
| PAIN | Heartbreak at introductions to protected areas in Nepal (4) |
| LOSS | The negative effects of habitat ____ and fragmentation on species can be mitigated by creating wildlife corridors that connect native habitats, nature reserves, and other protected areas (4) |
| FLYINGFOX | Large fruit bat - a new species was discovered in September 2007 in a protected wildlife area in the |
| BARNOWL | Inhabiting open countryside and farmland, a protected species of "indicator" bird of prey with a heartshaped face and buff/white plumage (4,3) |
| STILTON | European cheese with a Protected Designation of Origin |
| ARMADILLO | Loony enters a stream to get duck, a protected species (9) |
| ACCESSED | Got into, like a protected computer file |
| ABATIS | A protected mammal needs one's defence in the field |
| PROTEGE | A protected species, shrub is cut back by earth mother |
| BADGER | Disturb a protected species (6) |
