| HEDGEROW | Protect one against loss on line, creating a barrier (5-3) |
| HEDGE | Protect one against loss in a growth area (5) |
| AMULET | A charm, medicine, phylactery or talisman thought to magically protect one against disease or evil (6) |
| SIMILITUDE | Terrible tedium is broken by one with line creating likeness (10) |
| FALSEPRETENCES | Freelance steps out of line, creating deception (5,9) |
| RUSTLE | Stone blocking line, creating minor commotion (6) |
| STOCKADE | Help, it's said,to block, creating a barrier(8) |
| FIREWALL | Network-security option . . . or what's creating a barrier within four of this puzzle's answers |
| HEGEMONY | Leadership to offset potential loss on funds, putting aside 500 Euros separately (8) |
| INSULATE | Protect one from shock so that one could use Latin for it (8) |
| OILGAUGE | Olga protects one mammoth initially lacking instrument to calculate what's happening in pressurised environment (3,5) |
| ADENOIDS | Mass of tissue helps to protect one regressing after onset of disease |
| OVERCOAT | Wrong type of cover to protect one from the rain (8) |
| PIONEERS | Develops supporting structures to protect one (8) |
| STANDING | And smart to protect one's reputation (8) |
| SOMBRERO | Grave or reactionary - it protects one of those at top from The Sun (8) |
| SANTIAGO | Dancer's boss protects one key official heading to South American capital (8) |
| SUNBLOCK | Newspaper stoppage protects one from exposure (8) |
| EMERSION | Ralph Waldo protects one coming out (8) |
| EAT | Take a loss on, so to speak |
