| DEBTOFHONOUR | IOU protected by a verbal promise (4,2,6) |
| EATONESWORDS | Perform a verbal (or oral) retraction |
| WARD | From "watch, guard", a child protected by a guardian; or, a room in a hospital where patients are watched over by nurses (4) |
| WOODLAND | Protected by a conservation charity symbolised by two oak leaves, a green and shady type of habitat where trees are the dominant plants (8) |
| PRESERVE | Jam, lemon curd, marmalade or once "confiture", bottled for keep; or, a shoot or wildlife sanctuary protected by a gunned keeper in a Jeep (8) |
| INCASE | Protected by a cabinet, as a precaution (2,4) |
| IBERIS | Be protected by a plant, a tufty one (6) |
| AWARD | A person protected by a court gets prize (5) |
| EAR | A body part protected by a plug during races. (3) |
| LENS | Part of a camera that's protected by a cap |
| RIB | Bone protected by a flak jacket |
| SHELTERED | Protected by a roof |
| AGAINST | V. good to be protected by a new saint (7) |
| AGREEMENT | Workers protected by a welcome understanding (9) |
| ACOLYTE | Assistant protected by a king is yet losing heart |
| UNRIPE | Immature scoundrel protected by a female in Paris |
| LAGOON | Water protected by a coral reef |
| MERCIA | In kingdom, monarch protected by a million spies |
| COVERYOURBASES | "___, and first, second and third will be protected by a tarp" |
| TIBIA | Bone protected by a shin guard |
