| 20 answers for: Protected for battle |
| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| ARMOURED | Protected for battle |
| RABBIT | Once known as a coney and protected for hundreds of years by landowners who valued it for its meat, a plant-eating animal whose name has been altered to describe a dish of cheese-and-ale sauce on toas |
| PATENTED | Protected, for inventors |
| GUNS | Dangerous items kept securely protected, for return |
| TATA | Kept a target protected for so long (2-2) |
| LOTTO | Half of the school turns out for battle at centre where players hope for a big win |
| OUROWNFUTURE | O! If our chief tower of strength throughout is anagram for battle for Scotland's democracy (5,3,3,5,2,6,3,3,6) |
| TOCHOOSE | O! If our chief tower of strength throughout is anagram for battle for Scotland's democracy (5,3,3,5,2,6,3,3,6) |
| FIGHTFOR | O! If our chief tower of strength throughout is anagram for battle for Scotland's democracy (5,3,3,5,2,6,3,3,6) |
| THERIGHT | O! If our chief tower of strength throughout is anagram for battle for Scotland's democracy (5,3,3,5,2,6,3,3,6) |
| ARM | Get prepared for battle |
| ARMING | Getting ready for battle |
| ENARM | Gird for battle, say |
| SALLYFORTH | Leave the castle for battle |
| ARMORS | Prepares for battle |
| ARRAYED | Ready for battle |
| MENOFWAR | Ships intended for battle |
| ARMED | Ready for battle in hopeless dream (5) |
| DEPLOY | Put in position ready for battle (6) |
| BALACLAVA | Headgear for battle? (9) |
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