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20 answers for: Outer defence of a castle (6)
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BAILEYOuter defence of a castle (6)
BARBICANOuter defence of a castle or walled city (8)
EXCUSEExplanation offered in defence of a fault (6)
ALIBISDefences of a large bird (6)
REDUITA fortified structure to which troops retreat if outer defences are breached (6)
KEEPERChatelaine or mistress of a castle or large country house; the curator of a collection in a gallery or museum; or, a fish large enough to be retained when caught (6)
DURHAMCity on the Wear, site of a castle constructed in 1072 under the orders of William the Conqueror and a cathedral containing the tomb of the Venerable Bede (6)
FORFARCounty town of Angus, once site of a castle associated with Malcolm III, Canmore King of Scotland (6
TURRETSmall tower projecting from a wall of a castle (6)
UPKEEPMaintenance of the higher part of a castle (6)
LUDLOWA market town in Shropshire, site of a castle founded in the 11th Century (6)
DONJONInnermost keep of a castle (6)
KEEPUPMaintain part of a castle with success (4,2)
CRENELGap along the top of a castle wall
RORKESDRIFT'The Defence of --', a painting by Alphonse de Neuville (6,5)
MOATCastle's outer defence
CLAWSDefence of a cat
ALIBIDefence of a location? (5)
APOLOGIAFormal written defence of a strongly-held belief
UPINARMSAngered or indignant, especially in defence of a particular cause (2,2,4)