| AFFLUENCE | Plenty of illness needing a barrier as protection |
| DEFENCES | Removes barriers as protection from the enemy (8) |
| GATED | Having a barrier, as a path |
| ANTBEAR | Nocturnal creature has an illness, needing attention (3,4) |
| GATE | What is a movable barrier, as a swinging frame in a fence (4) |
| HENCE | Fluorine flushed out by hydrogen from the barrier, as a result |
| UNGULATES | In France a bull's regularly confined by barriers. As are horses and cows (9) |
| TOECAP | A piece of leather or metal fitted over the front end of a shoe or boot as protection (6) |
| ARTHUR | First name of the victor of Waterloo whose image as the "Iron Duke" was further reinforced by having ferrous shutters installed at Apsley as protection from rioters (6) |
| TESTUDO | Latin for "tortoise", also a formation of shields used as protection by Roman soldiers |
| SPRINKLERSYSTEM | Set of devices for releasing water in a building as protection against fire (9,6) |
| KNEECAP | Leg-covering for horses used as protection in case of a fall (7) |
| PARAPET | Favoured a tap inside as protection from fire |
| TARPAULINS | Sheets of heavy, hardwearing, waterproof fabric as protection against moisture (10) |
| OVERALL | In general, worn as protection in a workshop (7) |
| BREAKWATER | Offshore structure built as protection against the force of waves (10) |
| LACEWINGS | Netting wound over top of shrubs as protection against aphids? |
| DEFENCE | Use foil attached to outside of dirigible as protection (7) |
| COCOONS | Silky cases spun by the larvae of many insects as protection (7) |
| HEADGEAR | Garden worker adopting couple of articles separately as protection from sun? |
