| ECOLOGY | Protection of the environment (7) |
| CLEANSE | Purge lists under the protection of the church (7) |
| INGENTI | Prince Edward Island's motto, Parva Sub ___ (The Small Under The Protection Of The Great) |
| DEFENCE | Non-military facility for wartime protection of the public (5,7) |
| ECOCIDE | Destruction of the aspects of the environment that support life (7) |
| GREENLY | About to come in calmly, giving up time in consideration of the environment (7) |
| GREENER | Comparatively conscious of the environment |
| PARVA | PEI'S motto, ___ Sub Ingenti ('The Small under the Protection of the Great') |
| ENVIRONMENTAL | Concerned with the protection of the natural world of land, sea, air, plants and animals (13) |
| MOAT | Split atom for the protection of the castle (4) |
| PATENTEE | He thought originally he should have the protection of the law (8) |
| CIVIL | Non-military facility for wartime protection of the public (5,7) |
| CHILDCARE | Circle had arranged for protection of the young |
| CONSERVATION | Liberal nations cover protection of the landscape (12) |
| ROERICH | ___ Pact, 1935 US agreement also known as the Treaty on the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments (7) |
| ZIONIST | Follower of a movement for the development and protection of a Jewish nation in Israel (7) |
| ENTRUST | Place in the care or protection of (7) |
| RECOVER | Get back again to the protection of vegetation (7) |
| PROTEGE | Get to rope in one under the protection of another (7) |
| AMASSED | Under protection of goddess, a maiden from the East raised (7) |
