| WEATHERPROOF | How a free port becomes protected from the elements (12) |
| MARSEILLES | Potential for real smiles as port becomes visible (10) |
| DEADEN | Journalist back on port becomes numb (6) |
| GARAGED | Protected from the elements, in a way |
| SHAWLED | Protected from the elements, in a way |
| ALEE | Protected from the elements, as on a yacht |
| INDOOR | Like a swimming pool protected from the elements |
| SANFRANCISCO | Cairns bowled over ... got stuck into cans of free port (3,9) |
| INSIDE | Ultimately Munster, for instance, at home is protected from the elements (6) |
| INDOORS | What entrants use protected from the elements (7) |
| INTENT | Determined to be protected from the elements when roughing it? (6) |
| SHELTERED | Trees held out, protected from the elements (9) |
| WEATHERPROOFED | Here, raw pet-food freshly made, should be protected from the elements (14) |
| MELILLA | Spanish exclave, military base, and free port on the northern coast of Morocco. The city is located on the eastern side of the Cabo Tres Forcas. (7) |
| SHADY | Protected from the sun on the wrong side of the law? (5) |
| CEUTA | Spanish exclave, military post, and free port on the coast of Morocco, at the Mediterranean entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. (5) |
| CLOCHE | From the French meaning "bell", a type of miniature greenhouse for protecting young vegetable plants from the elements or to germinate seedlings (6) |
| IMMUNE | ... getting protected from the upsetting note attached to the decorated menu (6) |
| CLOTHED | Protected from the cold in a fashion (7) |
| PROFITEER | One in free port deal aims to make a killing (9) |