| MANMADE | Unnatural locks protecting the wall from the south (3-4) |
| DADO | Moulding or rail fixed to an internal wall to protect the wall from the back of chairs (4) |
| MENE | Word on the wall (from the Bible) |
| SAMSMITH | Singer-songwriter whose song Writing's on the Wall from the movie Spectre won him an Oscar in 2015: 2 wds. |
| MANSE | Locks protecting entrance to security minister's residence |
| MANAGE | Locks protecting silver handle (6) |
| PAINTER | He can change a wall from white to blue |
| OCARINA | Unusual wind removing walls from local urinal |
| KANANGA | Tin, we hear, removes walls from hangar in Congolese city (7) |
| LALAW | 1980s cop show set on the West Coast, breaking a wall from the wrong side (2,3) |
| MADEINIRELAND | Local guarantee of creativity off the wall from a foreign state (4,2,7) |
| NEMO | Disney title character writing on the wall from right to left (4) |
| LYRIC | By a lonely prison wall from The Sound of Music? (5) |
| ITEM | Couple removing the walls from city semi (4) |
| REAVE | Long, generally straight, boundary wall from the Bronze Age (5) |
| RIBCAGE | Bones protecting the lungs (3,4) |
| GOGGLES | Large spectacles with shields around the rims for protecting the eyes from dust, wind, excessive light, etc. |
| HAIRPIN | Musical security device protecting the locks? |
| HADRIAN | Which Roman emperor built a wall protecting the northern extremities of Roman Britain? (7) |
| AMNESTY | Global organization _______ International, awarded the Peace Prize in 1977 for protecting the human rights of prisoners |
