| NATURERESERVE | Managed area for protected flora and fauna (6,7) |
| COPSE | Officers soundly managed area of woodland (5) |
| GAMEPRESERVE | A tract of land for protected wild animals (4,8) |
| GREENBELT | He fights for protected land (5,4) |
| ARMADILLO | Jocular, mad, illogical centre for protected species (9) |
| DONGLE | Security device for protected software |
| SSSI | Abbrev. for protected site - in moss, Silverdale (4) |
| LISTEDBUILDINGS | Still use bidding wrongly for protected structures? (6,9) |
| LISTEDBUILDING | Mistakenly, guild lets in bid for protected place (6,8) |
| MOTHERED | Cared for protected |
| NATURE | ____ reserve, an area of land that is specially run and protected to keep its flora and fauna (6) |
| BIOTA | Word, from the Greek for "life" or "by way of life", for the animal and plant life, aka flora and fauna, of a given habitat, period or region (5) |
| PAIRS | Fact and fiction and flora and fauna, e.g. |
| SCILLY | Isles of -; an archipelago off the coast of Cornwall noted for flora and fauna including Atlantic grey seals, puffins and scented narcissi (6) |
| BENTHOS | Word, from the Greek for "depths", for the assemblage of flora and fauna inhabiting the sea floor (7) |
| NATURETRAIL | Place for hikers to view flora and fauna |
| BIOME | Geographical are with particular climatic conditions and flora and fauna (5) |
| BIO | Flora and Fauna subject for short |
| WILDLIFE | Chaotic existence for flora and fauna |
| BLOME | Large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna, as in the 'Rainforest' and 'Mediterranean' structures at the Eden Project in Cornwall (5) |